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Trying to shepherd
these wayward thoughts
into coherence.
Corral the madness
into manageable cries.

Dying to guide
this consciousness adrift
to port
and unpack the retorts
that, when missed, waver
and float away.

But maybe that’s okay.
Not all can be harnessed
and the freeform
can bring its own
catharsis.

Let sail your mind
into the maelstrom
and perhaps you’ll be whisked away
into beautiful chaos,
powerless before the cacophony
of the instant.

And you will concoct for me
a holistic rhyme.
Organic.
A panic enjoyed for a time.

An ocean of worries
will whirl up
along with the tiresome pedants
who twirl up your mental fabric
in hopes to fashion
their clamoring twine.

And it will all just
evaporate…
evaporate…
into the sky that,
gazing down on your naked visage,
will ameliorate
your misgivings.
And for a moment
you will close your eyes,
living…