ADVICE FOR OVERTHINKERS

Thoughts are insidious invaders, building unwanted palaces; instead, trust the heart's singing rivers of joy.

June 15, 2021

Don’t ever believe your thoughts.
You have no idea where they come from,
a download from a stepdad with bleeding ulcers;
an unconvincing ad for partisan compost;
furious parrots cloaked in scripture.

Don’t ever believe your thoughts.
They might be monsters devouring kidneys,
an Egyptian curse surviving skin tags,
ancestors whispering about righteous mayhem,
zombies demanding green cards for Pluto and the Pleiades.

Don’t ever believe your thoughts.
Trust the joy pumping in your chest cave.
Log into the library of sappy love songs.
Let goosebumps rise from singing rivers.
Join the dance of juicy planets.

Your thoughts build palaces you don’t want to live in.

Your thoughts give rise to migraines and measles.
Your thoughts step on paws of sleeping house cats.

Don’t ever believe your thoughts.
Breathe.