In the Mind

My mind’s the only shelter where I hide When troubles overcome and fear spreads My mind’s a room where I can sit inside Imagining I’m safe, untangling threads Attempting to detach from grief and pain I seek for consolations of all kinds My mind is working hard to keep me sane And it’s the only place where I can find My dearest darling J, who’s gone from sight Into another world where one day I shall go But till my mind is living, every night She comes to sing the song we used to know No conscious life without the mind I gain Only the presence of the mind provides reality Inside my mind I touch the sun, and feel the rain Your smiling face, my J, reminds of immortality.