Inspired Thinking

Inspired Thinking

Inspired, I’m thinking
I haven’t an inkling
From where it comes
And where it’s going.

Crawling from a rock
Laid down atop
Fossilized dream silts
Beneath the rivers of
My mind?

Inspired, I’m thinking
Somewhere a clock is ticking
Keeping time to the echoes of
My mind.

Drifting weightless into sleep or
Waking as if popping into a dream
Inspired thinking leaves its tell-tale
Aroma, 
An elusive waft upon the
Breath of my rising and falling
Consciousness.
Just a hint of cinnamon sugar
Epiphany, or
Bitter-sweet smoke of
The long dark spark of genius
Striking metal.
The memory of a taste on my tongue.

Giant leaps of intuitive solution,
Cures for mankind’s deepest ills,
Kisses of “Paradise Lost” whose tickle
Quickly fades from my lips.

Maybe there is an “other side.”
Have I in moments of
Inspired thinking drifted too
Closely to the invisible thread?

Have our most brilliant minds
Simply found the way, a state of
Deep mindfulness where they’ve
Learned to hold on to the thread,
The “high-tension” line, of consciousness
Beyond the veil that separates us from
Truth with the illusion of reality?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Coulstock Avatar
July 21, 2018 at 10:26 AM
This is genius Kevin! A combination of inspirational and intellectual writing.I love it.A joy to read and would love to have it as a favourite to read at my leisure,thank you.
Mudumbai Acharya Avatar
July 18, 2018 at 8:07 PM
Inspiration is our Respiration It’s an excellent expression of Inspired feel.
De Beaulieu Avatar
June 28, 2018 at 6:34 PM
Hello Kevin, I do wonder about that. Have a nice evening my friend.
Man Avatar
June 28, 2018 at 4:29 PM
That's some good, "Inspired Thinking!"
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