The brain just stopped
What it was doing
It wouldn’t work
It was fuming
How many times
It did compute
Everything
The mind dispute
From the day
That it was born
There was always
More to learn
Every second
From a month
Until now
It does confront
Neuron parties
Everywhere
Connections made
Learning here
Every challenge
From the mind
Increases cells
More to find
Daily tasks
In all you do
Brain is working
This is true
Too much at once
This is tough
This poor brain
Has had enough
Explanations
Demonstrations
Social media
Populations
Temporary
Mental anguish
Brain can’t handle
All of this
All the info
In the world
Beating brain
How it whirled
Mental fingers
Hitting keys
To the heart
The brain pleas
“Help me heart
I need a moment
If I stop
You’ll be dormant
What can you do
Why can’t I stop
If I do
The mind will drop”
Hearing this
The mind cut in
“What’s this I hear?
You brain are dim”
Petrified
And stepping back
Brainy legs
Retreat attack
To the mind
It snarled and said
“Without my answers
You are dead”
Mind was mad
It could blow
Firecrackers
What a show
With this in mind
The heart did speak
“If you keep fighting
I get weak”
Brain and mind
Now alerted
To what the heart
Had just blurted
Back to work
The brain was slow
For in the mind
He knew this so
The mind returned
To all it’s dreams
He had to feed
The brain it seems
Although they argued
Many times
Without the heart
They are not fine
This codependence
Understood
Only then,
The heart is good
#PaulaG
Every thought inside of you. Someone else is thinking too. The difference is the point of view. Just listen to what heart tells you.
#opism
What a lovely relationship between the heart, mind, and brain, amazing! The poetic rhythm manifests your deep intuition, Ms. Paula. The feelings nurture your enthusiasm, and if I may say, convey an urgent message for us to pay heed to what transpires in our lives concerning the health of our most potent organs that keep us alive.
Thanks a Million, With Warm Regards, and a Prayer!
Thank you so much for this feedback Bharat🙏 I do feel it is an urgent plea to protect our health, especially the mental. Stay safe my friend!
Powerful my friend. Strong Ink Indeed.
Thank you Larry. I appreciate you so much🙏🙏
Paula, your poetry is just amazing. ”The Dancer” was just enchanting, and this poem is just as captivating. Like Laura Staley, you give life force to an art that has slowly withered, but, thanks to you, Laura, and others give birth to renewal.💖
Thank you so much Darlene! I wrote this a couple of weeks ago and polished it last night…. doing all I can to give… but also trying to not forget me here too. I really appreciate this and thank you so much. He human souls are in need of comfort… every single one of them…. stay safe my dear! 🙏
wouldn’t it be nice to just not have any news, or media? (except LI and Bizc)
Really our poor brains, our emotions, hearts. I really feel we aren’t living as we were meant to. We are half the time caught up in red tape, paper filing, worried about bills, seeing our life time flying by… feeling we’ve lost touch with loved ones….
Thank you Paula for your musical thoughts.
Haha. Oh Laurie… Li and Biz are my only means these days including a few other media apps… I have to say that I do believe we are living what was meant to be. My belief is that there is a master plan out there… this process is to be trusted. The test of faith and call for help.
We are given what we have. The test is what are we giving back….
I’m super tired but inspired.. the dire circumstances of past events in my life have changed how I look at things.. lol. I need a brain break. Can you tell? Thank you for being here my dear. I am truly grateful. How are you doing? 🙏🙏❤️P. Oh, and thanks for reading🤣🤣🤣🤪
Oh, I love this poem so very much and could see myself inside of the places you ventured, Paula! What I notice has happened to my brain is that freeze moment of dissociation. It happened yesterday while discussing the grocery situation here as Trader Joe’s closed and not many stores offer on-line ordering and pick-up. That Maslow survival trigger got hit by the unconscious/conscious thought “I might run out of food if we’re ordered to a Stay at Home”. I felt my eyes go into deer in headlights clutch and then heard myself say out loud-“Oh, I just went into a bit of freeze mode.” Noticing made all the difference in helping my brain and body shift into a more neutral state of being so I could then take responsible action.
Deep breathing, body engaged with the heart and the brain will see us through. Thank you so much for offering this wisdom from your mind and heart. I love listening to my heart and asking “What would LOVE do now?” That’s a fun question for my brain to chew on! 🙂 Hugs to you, my friend!!
I love that you ask “what would the heart do now!” Laura…
I have to say that I just experienced the same myself. My province is in lockdown. I was told to get what I need. Suddenly my brain was alarmed, my imagination went wild with thoughts… I checked in with my heart… it was an amazing interaction inside of me… heart said to stay calm.. don’t rush.. do what you can… it could be worse, but I am here and you are ok! This allowed me not to panic and just do what I could.
The fact that blew me away and let me praise relief was that I was able to see its more clarity and be calm. I went to the store… called my family to let them know and took all necessary precautions… I have nor been out in days and the outside world was a different one that’s for sure. I was able to smile at others and all along I was feeling the thoughts of many…. my sense of observation was definitely increased and it was funny how you could see on the faces of others what reflected their thoughts…. or what my perceptions were. I found myself asking too… I may not see a real physical being up close for some time… This was the clincher that grasped my heart…. Still reading from this one as I write here.
Ok sorry for the length… like I said… I just got home… and started to share …
Thank you Laura. So glad to have you! Stay safe my dear🙏🙏
Paula
Oh, I feel you in your reply here, Paula. I have finally deeply realized why Tom Hanks character in Cast Away (the movie) created “Wilson” from a volleyball-he placed a face on this ball and began talking to “Wilson.” while surviving alone on a desert island. Our hard-wiring for human connection-face to face -even at a distance is real. I have made a practice of looking at my own face in the mirror for affirmation of that human face experience…to assure myself. I do not believe I will ever take face to face meetings with members of my human family (even at a safe distance) for granted ever again-a smile, a wave, the eyes meeting eyes. You stay safe, too, my friend.
Yes the feeling is mutual. Everything is different now…. just took a refreshing shower, ahhhhhhhhhh🙏🙏🙏