What is the solution
To the monkeying of the mind?
The thoughts that leap and chatter
Racing to and fro in time
It’s the churning of the Head Space
That needs to stop, to shush
It interrupts the flow, and the achieving
The delivering through the rush
The conditional tenses,
The shoulds and woulds and coulds
Gut feelings v pretences
Guilty comparisons of moods
But the rush it’s what we thrive on
As we strive to keep alive?
The promises being delivered
Fighting, ignoring our insides
The fight the flight, the systems
Of nervous energies
The remembering of the details
Those which bring us to our knees
They tell us society is imploding
That all our brains are mush
To stop: Clear our screen time
To ebb the flow of rush
Yes, The solution is simple
As simple as a knot
It’s simple but so tricky
To never lose the plot
Because our wiring sparks continually
On a treadmill set to max
Non-linear, illogically
Erratic
Travelling forward, here and back
So we must live in the moment
Breathe
Acknowledge the river of thoughts
Breathe, observe and move
Flow
Now…
Reconnect the dots
We are simply humans
Animals wired to survive
The monkey jumping in our heads
Is what keeps us striving and alive
Taming the river
Just cannot be done
But we can step aside and view it
If we move and breathe
Now…
Rejoin
And run
Contemporary Poetry: A Snapshot in Time 