Cluttered Brain Seeks Peace

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Cluttered Brain Seeks Peace

by Jane Tawel

December 2, 2021

*

“My brain is so cluttered,”

she muttered.

The thoughts swirled around

and around.

And with things from the past,

and ideas that don’t last,

her thinkings could get her quite down.

*

There’s far too much flotsam,

and jetsam,

a-swirling and whirling inside.

But often I find there is yet some

odd notions that serve as good guides.

*

“So how does one think without jumble?”

She often would hear herself mumble.

How to winnow and cull,

the good guides from the dull?

The conundrum made her fumble and stumble.

*

To swim in the ocean of musings,

that my brain daily paddles upon,

makes a moment morose and confusing,

and then —