My Mind Is A Playground

Right now

I prefer not to read or speak

I want to retreat

Into my own world

My mind is a playground

In which I permanently

Belong



Lost in a swarm

Various directions

I'm torn

Not knowing

Which way to go

Thinking

Keeps me afloat



Thoughts I cannot let go

Reappearing in time

Decipher

Previous chapters in my life

When I once struggled

Where I strived

Gliding effortlessly

Unconfined



This is I

Everything that makes up

Who I am

Words.... paper

Or typed on a computer with my hands



I am the ocean

My minds

Engulfed with sand



Every particle of thought

Understood

Or awaiting to be sought



Naught I disregard

The presence of water

Upon my land

The essence of my being

I am a pen....



Unsure how

I came to this conclusion

Parts of myself

I no longer lose when

My reaction is out of control

I now have the ability to look back

And break all previous molds



No longer having a goal

Freely

I leg go



Time has shown

Reflections upon

What was once damned



The essence of my being



I Close my eyes

And Count to 10.....

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