Do you live
On borrowed thoughts
Or borrowed dreams
Does your real self speak
In only quiet screams
Do you watch too hard
Do you see too much
Do you find that you spoil
Everything that you touch
Do the words out of your mouth
Come from books that you've read
Has every thing you believed
Been stuffed into your head
Does every answer you find
Come from someone else's mind
Are you too scared to heal
To find what you really feel
Do you mistrust yourself
Do you doubt all you do
Do you suspect yourself
And find things askew
Would it matter very much
If I tried to help you find
That you could trust your body
That you could trust your mind
Would you push me away
And scream out songs of hate
Would you rip and revile me
Would you say that it's too late
Would you repel and fear me
If I wanted to get through
If my fingers trailed compassion
Would your world come all unglued
Would it matter very much
If I tried to help you find
That you can trust your body
That you can trust your mind
On borrowed thoughts
Or borrowed dreams
Does your real self speak
In only quiet screams
Do you watch too hard
Do you see too much
Do you find that you spoil
Everything that you touch
Do the words out of your mouth
Come from books that you've read
Has every thing you believed
Been stuffed into your head
Does every answer you find
Come from someone else's mind
Are you too scared to heal
To find what you really feel
Do you mistrust yourself
Do you doubt all you do
Do you suspect yourself
And find things askew
Would it matter very much
If I tried to help you find
That you could trust your body
That you could trust your mind
Would you push me away
And scream out songs of hate
Would you rip and revile me
Would you say that it's too late
Would you repel and fear me
If I wanted to get through
If my fingers trailed compassion
Would your world come all unglued
Would it matter very much
If I tried to help you find
That you can trust your body
That you can trust your mind
4 comments:
Sometimes insulation is the best prevention...
We are too scared for the scars that we have..
This is a superb poem.
Sometimes Insulation is the best prevention.
we are too scared to deepen our existing scars.
very good poem!
Deesh...you scrape the scars here. I don't get goose bumps for nothing. You really reach out with your poetry.
Brilliant piece...but what keeps me here is the soul that walks these paths.
O my goodness Deesh!!!! How do you achieve this every time? The placement, the choice and the combination of words , the very artistry of it...rips the soul. Your poems have the power to break down defenses. Brilliant work of art!
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