Slaved by Control

Written 3/20/15 Fighting for peace of mind.

Struggling..
Feeling like we're fighting for peace.. of mind
Thoughts and emotions
Control us more then they should
Allowing ourselves to forget
The new mercies that come..
Every morning
Why do we allow
Ourselves to be slaves
To our old ways?
When He, broke all those chains
So long ago
When will we learn
To let go of our need
To always be in control?
If we stopped trying to control
Every situation and aspect of life
..Just Be Still..
Maybe we wouldn't be
So enslaved and imprisoned by agony
(end)

Reviews

[Brian]

Why do we allow
Ourselves to be slaves
To our old ways?

That is absolutely amazing. So impressed!

[GreenEyedPoet]

Aww thanks! :D

[CeceBush]

Truly breathtaking! Great work!

[GreenEyedPoet]

Thank you Cece! :)

[Coyote Poetry]

This is true wisdom.
"..Just Be Still..
Maybe we wouldn't be
So enslaved and imprisoned by agony "
To know true meditation. Need deep forest, free ocean and a ridge upon a mountain. "Just Be Still."
Outstanding advice and poetry.
Coyote

[GreenEyedPoet]

Thank you!

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[J.R.H.]

Very interesting poem! I loved the message! My only change would be at the end. I feel like the flow could be more solid. Other than that, thanks for the read!

[GreenEyedPoet]

Actually I did change the ending, it was originally a little different but this sounded better to me.
Thank you for the review! :)

[SleeplessVolcano]

Touching poem! Reminds me of Galatians 5:1 "It is for freedom that Christ set us free.....do not be bound again by a yoke of slavery"......You are spot-on.....the battle for peace is defintely fought in the mind.....whoever controls our minds, controls us......scary reality.

[GreenEyedPoet]

Thank you, glad you liked it. :)

[wordman]

getting control of our self control,sometimes it`s a hard battle
a great write and message

[GreenEyedPoet]

Thank you, glad you liked it. :)

[wordman]

you are welcome,

[Jamestown]

Great write so true so true, sometimes trying to control everything
brings more problems instead of solutions, reminds me of my
piece called evil reign, thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[GreenEyedPoet]

I wrote this for me and my best friend, we're both control freaks lol. We do try to let God be in control but we haven't gotten to the point yet where we let go completely. She was having an especially hard day today with this type of thing, so that's hoe this came about.

Thanks for the comment James!

[Jamestown]

Yeah I know the feeling, I'm a control freak in my life as well, not with people
but definitely the way my day to day goes, hey read my collaboration with
Sin in Sinserity came out pretty good, lol

[GreenEyedPoet]

Same with me, I don't control other people but my life and any situation I'm in, I always have to be in control! It's really annoying sometimes..
Can you send me a read request for it?