No More Gifts

to stop the flow

clutter

mess 

too many gifts

of thinking thought

in my head

wrapped 

so pretty

ribbons attempt 

to hold

all that need be shed

stacked 

high to the sky

in my mind 

presents 

I offer to myself 

without pause

I can’t get through

too many 

gifts of thought

I clamber 

I trip 

I fall

enough 

let’s clear some space

let’s make some room 

get comfortable with the change 

let’s stop the flow 

of gift of thought 

time for space to enter and rearrange 

no easy task 

to rid the thought 

a new habit 

ready to form

farewell the gifts

welcome the void 

no mind to

begin a new dawn

accept the space 

feel the flow 

empty complete 

just let go 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

wow, merry christmas....this reminds me of the way too many gifts/toys etc. that kids get these days..

open one, look at it for a second and open the next.

we barely observe a word or a thought and the next one unwraps itself and we get a glimpse of that one just before another comes...

and what do we do with all that wrapping paper?

[KWP]

oh gosh - i hadn't even thought of the wrapping paper - my mind just doubled in size -- arghhh !

[andrew mitchell]

A garage sale in the making, selling thoughts, giving away thoughts, maybe filing thoughts. a little dust of thoughts here, a little lift up the carpet hide a few thoughts there. Out with the old in with the new! a lovely write and our kid's toys are getting culled too!

[Isabel25]

Yeah, at times I really wish that our brain has a 'shut down' button or 'erase' button. Sometimes it just wouldn't shut up and drives me crazy . Some days I could really live without the gifts of thought.

A thoughtful piece. "Clutter", "Stacked high" - apt imageries, to portray the mess in your head!

[KWP]

did you just say my head is messy???

well truth be told you are right - but never on a Monday ok - that's cleanout day :)

Thanks for reading chick and nice to meetcha XX

[Isabel25]

Whose head is not? :P Nice to meet u too. And i HATE Mondays.

[ANTO]

I really got the imagery of a place stacked high with these pretty boxes piled to the ceiling in places - making it hard to retrieve a single one without hassle. Thought hoarder that you are.
Bad Feng Shui if the energy can't flow through - blockages causing dark places to be created - not a great place for thinking any longer.
Very imaginative and descriptive writing K.
x

[KWP]

yeah I was reading something about how reaching no-mind has to be a gradual process - we are so used to the clamber and the clutter its just the norm - the trick is to not only create the space but get used to the space and then be the space .... Yeah still working on that one -- sheesh!!!

[ANTO]

Well it would be perfectly simple thing to do ... if you're buddha
;)

[KWP]

We are all Buddha ... We just got confused when we were given different names and identities ..

[ANTO]

well said K.
:))

[Jamestown]

Another well written and executed piece!
Clearing out some space in the home of thoughts:)
Enjoyed this fantastic piece of poetry, thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[KWP]

Cheers James for reading - if only the clearing was that easy - :)

Hope your Easter Weekend was Fab XX

[Jamestown]

I here that, thanks again great piece:)