You Are What You Think
Like a baby
screaming out
exciting
mind to action
speechless heart
thinks in silence.
Happy thoughts
stretch a smile
sad thoughts
wet the eyes
jealous thoughts
invent a lie
envious thoughts
grab the knife
fearful thoughts
talents hide
tying jails
the inadequate.
In the garden
of the mind
left unwatched
cockle thrives
love unlocks and
grows the talent
watered by the truth
of adequate.
If asleep instead
of driving
mind is driven
by the pattern
learned from
the cradling past
following easy
path of habit.
If awaken mind
can choose
which thoughts
and start a new
path of action
by design
and become
what one desires.
Heart's feelings
can demand
only mind
opens hand
and the lips
to forgive
and the heart
to love again.
Branch attached
to the Vine
open to
His flowing life
is impowered with
divine
healing faith
fearless charity
guiding hope
Spirit
of eternal life
flowing from the Vine
to a branch
once inadequate.
Ninth place-Brian Strand No 1201 Contest-3/22/23
Copyright © Frances Schiavina | Year Posted 2019
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