Too Many Mind .....

“Mind the sword. Mind the people watch. Mind the enemy. Too many mind  ….. No mind.” ~Nobutada :The Last Samurai:

It’s been a while since here i sat

To write a word or two off pat

To post upon this wall right here

With rhyme so sweet upon your ear

Sabbatical is good for you

To rest the soul and clear the view

And to let you see with fresh eyes

Everything free of its disguise

It clears your mind and fills your heart

As if you’re making a fresh start

With clearer view to see ahead

And to free your mind of the dread

That coping with problems at hand

Is simpler than what you had planned

A mind free from stress and worry

Makes no mistakes in its hurry

To solve problems that seem pressing

Is easier without stressing

Time is not your enemy here

The foe here is a mind unclear

Cluttered by the everyday crap

An elegant and simple trap

To make you rush decisions here

This will make the path disappear

And your journey will slow right down

Because you’re stressed and wear a frown

Like looking in a muddy pond

You cannot see the path beyond

The muck that sits inside your mind

Will make solutions hard to find

The issues are not hard to solve

If you let all the clouds dissolve

Rest your mind and body and soul

Then reunite all as one whole

Clean and clear in purpose and goal

With wisdom now back in control

If you think I’m talking to you

On how to make a clearer view

Then my friend you have got that right

You’ve made a step to clearer sight

If to you it doesn’t apply

Then feel free to pass right on by

To some other words down below

In them is what you need to know

So now just to reiterate

What this poem is meant to state

Just before you go off half cocked

Make damn sure that the breech is locked

Your sight line now is clean and clear

And you aren’t reacting in fear

That you let your mind do it’s work

That your solution’s not “knee-jerk”

Reaction is for ducking things

And not a way of DOING things

Peace and Grace.

               ~Gabriel