a poem for Mental Health Awareness Week 2024

The theme this year is 'movement'. So I wrote this. 

Walking 

Go for a walk, they say.

Keep moving. Keep active. 

The problem is

my mind is always moving;

my brain is always active. 

I’m always walking inside my own head. 

Step after step after step.

See,

maybe I need to slow down. 

Maybe we need to stop walking.

Joshua Seigal