Monday, June 5, 2017

1467B AN OVER-WROUGHT TRAIN OF THOUGHT

Upon awakening, this morning, my eyes opened to see
Will smiling at me, and naturally, I offered up
A tremulous smile of my own, followed by hearing
This train of conscious thought chugging out of
The tunnel inside my brain where repressed emotion
Seeks to be illuminated by the bright light of insight, which
Thankfully began to pour forth, ever so naturally, from my mouth:
I'm completely overwhelmed by my inability to repair
All that's broken throughout the world, and
That's why I can't read the paper, watch the news or
Accept the fact that Trump was actually elected to uphold
The highest office in the land ...
I can't stand to watch people, educated or not, continue to
Make a mess of the world, and my mantra (one of several, which
Had in the past served to remind me of my human limitations)
Is not producing a calming effect on the heightened level of
Frustration that continues to irritate my peace of mind until
My storehouse of patience feels so unnerved as if
Malevolence is closing in on all sides, and though
I know that the world was messy before I was born, and
It will be messy after I'm gone, while I'm still here, deeper truth
Suggests that all I need do to calm down this overwhelming
Sense of frustration is to accept the fact that most of
The ills of the world are beyond my control, and once that
Train of thought finds its angle of repose inside
My head, my time and energy can attend to tidying up
My little corner of the world ... Sounds good. Right?
Except here's the rub:  Though that stream of consciousness
Worked like magic before Trump's election, all of
The bafoonary that's taken place in the aftermath of
His inauguration has stimulated my sense of
Politics to grow hyper-critical of the alarming degree of
Corruption that persists throughout every level of
Our governing bodies, which is why I can no longer define
The boundaries that separate my little corner from
The world at large, and my inability to compartmentalize
My mind frees my imagination to go to the dark side as if
Terrorist extremists, drug cartels, sex traffickers
Child soldiers shouldering rifles, gunmen aiming to invade
The sanctity of our schools where latch key children
Starving for parental attentiveness, grow up to join forces with
Corporate American Midas-like greed, and knowing that
Subconscious attitudes such as these prove to be based
In reality overwhelms my peace of mind ... and if
You agree that this list of fears is incomplete ...
You couldn't be more right if you tried ...

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