Getting Out of Your Mind -- Or How To Stay Out Of Trouble

It's easy sometimes for a person to wonder a little too much, to project what may or may not be, to believe one knows something one does not. It happens to all of us at times, I believe. Below is a little poem that I hope conveys my point.

How To Stay Out Of Trouble

Wandering around

in that head up there

can be dangerous

and stupid.

It is easy to imagine

what is not.

It is easy to pretend

to know the truth.

It is easy to conjure

the words some say.

It is easy to pay back

judging all the way.

And it is easy to ponder

why . . .

why it happened,

why it didn’t,

what it meant,

who did it,

how to fix it,

and where, the hell,

to go next.

Or, one can do nothing.

Watch. Wait.

Listen. Let it play out.

And it will play out,

all on its own.

So why wander

in grey matter,

about matters

with lives of their own?

It’s an exercise in futility.

It won’t change a thing.

Best to be here now

and stay out of trouble.

                                                            Judith DeChesere-Boyle - February 2015