Tuesday, October 7, 2014

OctPoWriMo 2014: Day 7

Image Source

Silence

Turn off the world for a minute
Be done, be done
STOP!

Stop thinking
Stop ruminating
Worrying
Fearing

Throw out all the clutter in the mind
Turn it off for a minute
Please, why can't we?

Put down the damn world
And all the fears
And the sorrow and the tears

STOP!
Just stop and be...

It's harder than you think because then you get to thinking
And thinking
And thinking some more

Then you start to realize just how much is going wrong
The thoughts spiral down
The anxiety gets worse...

Living in the modern world
Is sometimes nothing but
A goddamn curse

Turn it off for a minute
Just a minute
Just fifteen
Just an hour...

I wish I could turn it off for a week
Organize everything the way I need...

That would take a lifetime
And then another one

Turn it off for a minute
Turn it off and just be
I'm tired of hearing the Monkey Mind
Always chattering at me

Turn it off for a minute
Turn it off
Turn it off
Turn it off

Stop thinking
Stop fretting
Stop worrying
Just 

STOP!

~Wanda~


Wanda's note:
This has a tendency to happen when I try to meditate.

By -
Labels: , , , , , ,

9 comments:

  1. ChristineOctober 7, 2014 at 6:22 PM

    You said it! I have trouble turning off my anxious brain.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Wanda PsychoOctober 9, 2014 at 4:16 PM

      I've always been a high strung sort. Turning it off doesn't come naturally.

      Delete
  2. UnknownOctober 7, 2014 at 11:31 PM

    This poem is the very reason why silence can scare me sometimes. You start to think and think some more until you get depressed and/or anxious. Some elements of it reminds me of my favorite Paramore song called "Turn It Off". I actually wrote a book of the same title as a tribute. Great poem!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Wanda PsychoOctober 9, 2014 at 4:17 PM

      Exactly. There were always people in school who called me "stupid," but I figured, how stupid can I be when I think all the time?

      Delete
  3. payal agarwaalOctober 7, 2014 at 11:44 PM

    I know this feeling!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Wanda PsychoOctober 9, 2014 at 4:17 PM

      I think many of us do. We live in a high anxiety world.

      Delete
  4. Bastet's Waka LibraryOctober 8, 2014 at 2:43 AM

    There's nothing harder than trying to stop the mind ... so don't ... just let those thoughts fall around you like autumn leaves or rain without giving them your attention. Loved the poem btw ...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Wanda PsychoOctober 9, 2014 at 4:18 PM

      That's what they tell us at the Temple as well. Don't overthink anything, including overthinking. ;-)

      Delete
  5. Wanda PsychoOctober 9, 2014 at 4:16 PM

    It's not so easy as it would seem on the surface, is it?

    ReplyDelete

We love comments, with three caveats.
Be cool, Fool.
Don't be rude, Dude.
Don't be a prick, Slick.
That's all, Saul.
I try to get comments published as quickly as possible. I don't always reply to comments on my blog, but I do try to visit as many people as possible when I participate in blog hops and I share links where possible to Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and such so others can discover your work. I do read and appreciate your comments.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)