42 STOKING MY MIND WITH CLARITY

The self assured brain
Is best put to use
As a many faceted tool.


Working as a shovel
The self assured brain
Digs into the past, mining for gold


Working as a sponge
The self assured brain
Soaks up a wealth of knowledge


Working as a sifter
The self assured brain
Separates pertinent memories from goulash


Upon shoveling, soaking and sifting, self assured brains
Reorganize mass confusion
Into moments lit with bright bursts of clarity


When memories are neatly filed ...
By jove! I think I've got it!
May be relied upon to save the day!


On the other hand—


What takes place
When a self assured brain fails
Thus plunging into fearsome despair?


When fear runs the show
Self assuredness gets to feeling rusty, crusty
Stuck in the muck


Once fear
Whirls out of control
The brain resembles a mixmaster


At this point
The ego flings the sting of unhealed wounds
Into the mix


And as the head fills
With bitter herbs
Confusion stirs up all over again!


As no man is an island
I welcome spongy clarity seekers
To join me on Walden Pond


No more taxing my brain
Pushing boulders
Up hill


As to why
All of this keeps pouring
Out of my mind?


Well, the longer we're constipated
With subconscious pain
The 'harder' it is to eliminate, my dear ;-)


Knowing this to be true
I've been working to muster the courage
To expunge this dark spot of pain once and for all


And as I feel
All of me
Lightening up


I believe
The end of Bully for Me—and thus
Clarity—may be ready to bounce out of my brain on its own


Needless to say
Flying free of that fearsome pain
Will be quite a load off my mind!


Wish me luck!
:-)