THOUGHT

As I began to think one day,
I wondered 'til it made me say:
"What brings to mind a thought and how
can thinking work in fleshy gray?"
Awareness that we are and do,
that I am I and you are you.
And what I read and hear and see
can add to me like 2 + 2.
A wondrous thing to think a thought--
to think "I will" or "maybe not".
We choose to be or not to be,
What not to do and what we ought.
And so my thinking left me there
in awe of how we are aware.
To wonder, ponder, meditate
creates so much that we can share.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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