Jacquelynn Banks Poet Blank verse

Inspired Words-Find Happy

Some strong emotion
touched my mind today
it wasn't quite expected 
and was quickly pushed away

then later as the evening passed
the thought that harvested emotion
intruded on every thought that entered
     my awareness
and pressed for recognition

this thought was not a thought of harm
in fact was intended to inspire
this thought that reaped a harvest of fear and hurt
was simply stated
find happy

and now as evening passes 
     into morning
I quietly asses
the thoughts that help me
     to be happy
and can tell that they too
     cause distress

for although the memories 
     from within the fields of my mind
often find a way to feed
     some hunger
they also seem to be a plague 
that tears my heart asunder

how is it that a happy thought
can lead to so much destruction
that at one point you're laughing
     and have cramps in your face
     and tummy
and the next you're crying
     and hurt all over

after going through a period 
     of disconnect
and feeling a storm build despite
     the elements from climate control
why is it so surprising that
one thought
could cause such a LOSS of control

Even now a scientist may wish
     for climate control
But a thing as simple as the beat
     of a butterfly wing
     as small
throws even the best plans off

Then why should a thought of control
not be effected 
by the similar
the beat of one butterfly wing
the same as one phrase
is small, yes
but is not insignificant

I have learned over time
that control is an illusion
so why I thought my mind 
     protected
eludes me still

A thought becomes that tiny spark
that transforms into emotion
the trick is in turning the effects
into something useful

I guess what I can take from this
is that not everything can be contained and controlled
and what I am given
that is loosed in my mind
can be turned into something of value
its worth greater
that its weight in gold

a thought of inspiration
may indeed sometimes cause
     hurt
but taking time to be AWARE
will help you grow
and help you learn to acknowledge the hurt
     to live
     to accept the moment 
     to not push it unwanted away

and with those thoughts
the inspired words
find happy
you learn to be happy

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