Powerful Thought Generator

My mind is far too stubborn for my liking

Colleen Millsteed
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
2 min readApr 10, 2024

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The mind — a powerful thought generator.
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Lalalalalala — distraction by noise, by singing, by humming,
Pathetic!

My attempt; my decision not to think about it,
How did that turn out?

The opposite of procrastination,
Washing the kitchen floor, scrubbing the bath; keeping busy.

Lalalalalala — singing louder,
Dancing the two-step.

Hungry; standing staring into the fridge with the door held open,
No, don’t feel like that; nothing enticing.

The mind starts on the topic,
NO, NO, NO!

What was I doing?
Now I’ve forgotten. Oh, going to head out for a walk.

One foot in front of the other; thinking,
Maybe I should jog!

TV. I’ll watch my favourite show; smiling,
Until — what just happened?

I wonder what Mum’s up to. I’ll give her a call,
“Sorry Mum, I missed what you just said.”

Oh, I know. A nice warm bath and a good book,
Damn! How did the water overflow?

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Colleen Millsteed
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

Top Writer in Poetry. I’m a Finance Manager with a love of both numbers and words.