Be Still

Photo by Slava Auchynnikau on Unsplash

Don’t worry so much, and so often,
       about yourself.

Be still, and learn the wisdom
       of something only felt:

Sometimes God moves through you
       on His way to someone else.

James Littwin

James Littwin is a 74-year-old poet who spent about forty years teaching literature composition and creative writing on the high school and junior college levels. He participated in many community poetry workshops, poetry readings, and arts councils as well. His poems have appeared in some fifteen journals and magazines, and even as prefaces for a couple of novels.

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