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Elisabeth Barstowe

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Mind Over Matter

by Elisabeth Barstowe — Read all 441 poems by Elisabeth Barstowe

Sometimes I feel the need to write allthough I don't always have a clear idea of what to write about. What I usually do is I start with a title and add a sentence that makes sense and from there the words usually flow rather freely. Lets see if I can do it again. I'll let you be the judge of that.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Mind has for many years
been subject under object
Through blood, sweat and tears
aquisition leave cause for regret

You wake up one day
to find life astray
Lost in an endless race
up and down the rat mace

You take a look around
inside your tower of numb
You're trapped in a block of ice
moving robot like with the rest of the mice

What is this you think
and you refuse to sink
back into slavery
NO! You take a stand in bravery

You leave your pretty things behind
you retake control of your mind
And as you reassess
you find that matter is mindless
And peace can be found outside the material
it's hidden within something far more ethereal

You realise it's mind over matter
that's what it takes to scatter
The shadows of the grey kingdom
and the shackles of numb

And now you find
that when you have true peace of mind
You can have both
cause you have found the antidote
to Gold Fever..

 



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Reviewed by Elizabeth Price
Reviewed on March 21, 2010
I think this is pretty clear to me. Inspiring. Love it. Liz

Reviewed by D Johnson
Reviewed on March 18, 2010
You offer much to think about... and yes, an extraordinarilly good piece of writing.

Cheers,
Dan

Reviewed on March 18, 2010
Elisabeth,

Your last line says it all. And I have to agree with your beginning. I do the same thing. Sometimes I write because I want and the words flow..sometimes not so great.

Mary


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