Mindful

Mindful He is mindful of the feelings That he feels when he’s alone Those emotions raw and scary He just simply can’t condone Even though he keeps on trying To kill them off so they can die But he still can’t tame those feelings And he often wonders why It is just when he feels cheerful And it happens on a whim That he notices these feelings Try to sway and master him But he’s mindful of those feelings He shows discernment, self-control He can’t block their operation But they will not take their toll So he promises with fervour And he even makes some oaths He will not become the victim Of the things he strongly loathes He will neither be a puppet Of his thoughts and of his mood And he writes it down on paper So it is all understood But, alas, the sin within him Has a power way too strong For in an unobservant moment There he goes and does a wrong. Wendy Nipas