Mind Wanders

Sometime my mind wanders through wastelands
Of barren loves left unattained
And heated sand that blisters
Leaving tiny scars upon the heart
Small intricate patterns of art

Shortness my mind wander through swamps
Of yesterdays trials resolved
Yet murky waters cloud my vision
Blocking what’s already been cleared
Wispy fog floating with what’s feared

Sometimes my mind wanders through oceans
Deep po swimming sadness unrealistic
As tidal waves of emotions crash
As the weight feels heavy inside
Until there it a shift in the tide

Sometimes my my wanders through the sky
Of moonless grasping of things not seen
Clouds that whisper splendid faerytales
Lies that leave destruction in its wake
Harsh words that bluster are only fake

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

My mind wanders too and not always to beautiful places and pósitive thoughts. This poem appears to be focusing on the negative. Barren loves and sand that blisters are strong images that do little for a soft heart. Your stanzas are always composed with careful thought. You write so well PB.

Chris

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. Yes my mind will try to focus on negatives if I let it so I’m slowly making it shift to more positive thoughts. It takes time.

The imagery and idea for each stanza is thought about and I go line by line and stanza by stanza. Sometimes I do free flow poems. Many times even if my poems rhyme they don’t have a precise flow.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

My mind only wandered once. I've been looking for it ever since. I lost it when I was very young so I hope I can recognize it now. As our thoughts age do they turn to wine like fermented grapes; some intoxicating concoction of rapidly firing synapses or do they simply wander away like the Australian aborigine across a vast and empty plain of unwelcoming outback? Let the mind wander where it may, I say. Going walkabout doesn't seem like such a bad idea at times.

[Poetic Beauty]

Unfortunately sometimes mind likes to focus on negatives that are no longer relevant or aren’t really negative so I have to make myself think more positive

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Sounds like the old Bing Crosby tune, Accentuate the Positive, eliminate the negative. I'd just "like to swing on a star and carry moonbeams home in a jar." I sang that song to my little girl and she thought it was funny. We do much music in this house. :)

[Poetic Beauty]

We do a lot of music as well

[Sami Khalil]

I like the poem, repetition and the sad content. The mind sure wanders searching for clues, answers to life's great obstacles, horizons unfolding. I think we should learn and take heed.
Wonderful style you have with imagery.

[Poetic Beauty]

My mind likes to be negative for no reason sometimes.

[Sami Khalil]

That is normal; no worries. You are welcome.

[Ken Simm.]

I feel so empathic when reading this. Sad and wistful. Exploring true feelings.

[Poetic Beauty]

My mind is negative when it doesn’t need to be and I have to make it go a different direction

[Weeping willow]

Nice expression on the wanders of the mind, Love the flow ;-}

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you very much