stop drinking the morning coffee for today

despite recent calibrations of the soul
breaking all the rules? no,
just the latest guidelines
to avoid excess
to maintain access to my own thoughts
the sky is homogeneous this morning, my love,
the air is in equilibrium.
We know the sounds have passed her apogee once again
but we don't know what that means

or so it begins
pulse thundering in my right ear
time to be here with myself
coffee warm weak but ok
breathing exercises
need to run
more than a couple seconds
to be effective

my brain is still stuck
on the day before yesterday,
and I am uncomfortable
not being able
to move forward
emotionally
etcetera

What we think about what we are thinking is sometimes more important than anything else. A friend of mine who suffered from depression said it's like listening to an unending soundtrack in the brain that prevents us from seeing the light.

Thanks for sharing this one, Pete.

Les

Believe it or not, Les, it is hard for me to post a poem like this that refers directly to difficulties in my life, even if those problems do sometimes resolve themselves, as when I directly address something like

not being able
to move forward
emotionally

so that I can move forward. I agree with your friend that the obstructing aspect of obsessing blanks out the possibilities.

amo et avanti,

I love and we can go forward,

Peter

It is good that you are uncomfortable. Complacency is a dangerous companion.

Joe

I agree, Joe...still, it's not so great to feel uncomfortable all the time.

amo et avanti,

Peter

Nothing a little Prilosec....and some fine writing won't cure.

Joe