Thought Hijack
I was driving
In between
Service calls
When doubt
Called me
In silence.
No doubt
Thoughts
So loud
Cried now
To riot
Climbed out
The ocean
Darkness horizon
Rising with emotion
Unnoticed
But flowing grimy
Why it
Highjacks
His mind
Then occupies
His focus
Through the gate
Left open
Thoughts escape
Giant mind-ocean
Navigate and pilot
The pause and break
In breath flow
So goes his timing
And attention
Off the road
Distracted sideways
Controlled by highways
Of thought flows so
He drove right by it
Missing the road signage
Who’s driving?
Lost in private
Thoughts he couldn’t ignore
But signed in
Narratives on autopilot
Replaying mind’s
Past pain and violence
Reliving old fights
Conceded arguments
For what is right
To right past injustice
Of how he sees it
Lost in justified reasons
He can come up with easy
But just needs to let go
All the past seasons
And be easy
Uncompromising
When he breathes it
Every strength
And weakness
Most believe shit
He will die
for his thesis
And call
Your treason
Redesigning
All the pieces
Of what is best
For meaning
Just to find
The peace in it
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I was driving
Mind was not with me
I’m a passenger riding
Inquiring mind
Asks where mind went?
Looking for hindsight
I’m still driving
Next exit has me
Gliding back behind me
Mind awakens finding
The lapse super surprising!
Tracing back thoughts
To the breath pause
That got him off
Track and lost
In a mind spin
On the turn
He just forgot
He was driving
