The Conscious Stream

Posted by Brad Osborne on August 30, 2021 · 14 Comments 

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Rampant ideas and tangential thoughts

Swirl and eddy in constant motion

Bordered by subconscious banks

That steer them as they pass by

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Coursing around stones and rocks

Dug from unknown biases

Changing the direction of the flow

To find a less resistive path

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Where pebbles of like and dislike

Lay strewn on glimmering bottom

Some seen just as clear as day

Others are ripples of misperception

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The stream runs pristine at times

When the heart is given some say

But when fears muddy the waters

Those fears will cloud the mind

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We cannot control the journey

Of things that dwell in our heads

But we can ensure the water is deep

Thus, unfouled by shallow judgements

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Be mindful of the words that fall

On the mountain of your life

If they flow down unchecked

They become the ripples and waves

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Without a calm surface to look through

We can never see who we truly are

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