your troubled mind

There is a place I go to

When darkness surrounds me

When my mind captures my heart and feelings

Tying them up in knots

But there can be a reprieve I feel

As I come to grips with the many ways

I enable my fears

To derail me

Why is we allow the torture

Held capture by a mind

Endlessly focused upon

Past or future?

Why abandon the shining glory

Of this present moment

So full of beauty?

Do not look away from life

Here it is

Laid out before you

Just waiting for you

Escape the prison of your mind

Leave it’s worries far behind

Be here now my darling

Fully

Feel the joy

Open your heart completely

As you quieten and still

The churning quell

Of your troubled mind