flower moon from inside my tent, cheatham lock a campground in Tennessee
the last word
052025 by Scott Gardner Merrick
I meditated with my mantra.
It is six words, but I could only
remember five, where is the sixth?
I know that it belongs to the
total thought, the perfect pitch
that harmonizes with itself
and resounds to complete the other five
to remind me just what is alive.
Ah, that is it, mantra complete!
I am good,
I am well,
I am happy,
I am healthy,
I am whole,
I am alive.
Go find a place away from crowds.
Start by speaking all six aloud,
and then repeat until you are so quiet
then quieter, bringing it inside.
Once there, find that tone of resonation
in a place within imagination,
repeating and repeating until within you
there is no effort, no limitation:
I am good,
I am well,
I am happy,
I am healthy,
I am whole,
I am alive.
