Not Only the Cat
When curiosity consumes the mind
and thoughts are captured in a moment’s glance,
to trade control for instinct unrefined
is wandering through feeling’s forest, blind
to where it leads. I never can advance
when curiosity consumes the mind
for in that journey, part is left behind -
the part that knows the perils of romance!
To trade control for instinct unrefined
allows the truth to find me intertwined
among the waves of some forgotten dance
when curiosity consumes the mind.
In bending so, this life becomes confined,
and purposeful transforms into mere chance;
to trade control for instinct unrefined,
forget they are within myself combined,
will blur the right, the negative enhance:
when curiosity consumes the mind,
to trade control for instinct unrefined.
Copyright © Tracy Decker | Year Posted 2006
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