How is it 
that I can be 
so swiftly 
and 
overwhelmingly 
distracted 
into the madness of this world – 
when I know 
and have experienced 
that the only peace my soul has ever felt 
has come from 
complete 
focus 
on 
You? 
Perhaps that thing they keep telling me 
in those meetings they hold 
in church basements is true: 
Self-knowledge 
avails 
us 
nothing.