SECRETS OF A RESTLESS MIND ~ POEM BY MONIQUE LUCY WEBERINK

All by myself absorbing the silence

Excluding the noise of my complicated life

I just like to sit here and be quiet for a while

Observing the incomprehensible world around me

Listen, carefully now, can you hear this stillness

Or is it just inside, inside my head

Millions of thoughts are circling around, if you listen well

You can hear them begging to find a way out

At moments I feel like being stuck in time

Except my thoughts chased up words spoken in riddles

My mind filled with complicated thoughts

Overwhelmed by anger and painful plots

Grimy faces all around me deep down in my inner self

A lifetime of stories filling up my bookshelf

What am I thinking of, why can’t I break this

Rolling down my face is a frozen teardrop

What happened to my uncomplicated youthful existence

Is it destroyed by the needs of an adult life.

This has to stop, it can no longer persist

It hurts me physically, creating unbearable pain

I am desperately looking for some peace of mind

But I have not been able to release myself

Thoughts are getting lost and not being found

Restless mind, unquiet times, and the simplicity of the soul

Distant, tired and exhausted

Simplicity, a lovely word to say…

Monique Weberink

2011