The Mind

use it or lose it

I think everyone knows

What you feel is surreal

In that blaze of a cave

We call mind.

 

The eternally pressed

Find leave and repress

In that awful disgrace

Of the mind.

 

But surely we know

To be grateful and show

Our unsleeping respect

For the mind.

 

For undoubtedly so

It would leave us and go

If we so much as

Angered the mind.

 

Author's Note

2nd posting, hurray for restoration!

Reviews

[Murphy]

"undoubtedly so, it would leave us and go"... reminds me of the old adage: you don't know what you've got until it's gone... the mind is to be cultivated with great care, but is often so neglected. i like this poem very much - good insight.

[Closed profile]

I really enjoyed reading this celver little piece.
It is very true and it flows nicely
Great write

[Bishonen]

The title caught my eye because the mind is something that can never unwhined. The poem did an interesting perspective on what the mind is and how it could just walk away. Lost mine a long time ago when creativity was starting to look down upon.

[Andromeda]

clever. kim likes!

[Carlee]

I like it, it's simple yet really complex, and it's one of those poems that everyone would get a different interpertation on it I think. I like the lines 'eternally pressed' and 'in that blaze of a cave'

[Bailey]

I really like this!! The mind is your most important weapon, and so many kids our age don't use theirs at all!! It frustrates me soooooooo much!!!!!!!!!! The mind is such a complex thing, and yet sometimes it can reveal itself in such simple ways.

[Owlecks]

I agree with your mom.


Lots of people don't use them today though. Look at all the carnivores.

[Legion]

Yea, but if you don't shake it, you won't break it. :)

Great poem. Love its message.