HUSH

 

 

 

HUSH

By Deborah Sharma

Hush my fickle, troubled mind,
my heart beckons me,
to draw me away from
horrific hallucinations
and cradle my spirit with
swaddling sympathy.

Delusional mind,
rejects rational thought.
Calm ripples
of passing, logical thoughts
are hoarded, festering
as a whirlpool of worry
mounting into colossal turbulent
waves of all-consuming fear.

Pounding of mind’s tiresome
degenerative thoughts,
crushes heartfelt truth.
Severed from reality,
 I feed this formidable shadow
under which I cower.

Who is this ‘I’ that is torn between
mind’s madness and heart’s honesty?
How to steady the see-saw
of their volatile bond?

Seeking to journey with both
heart and mind melded
in symbiotic union
of coherent communication,
advance in the conscious
wisdom of the lucid mind
whilst leading with the pure heart’s
benevolent, intuitive direction
- Deborah Sharma