Life is the Mind

much of living
is a choice of the mind;
we decide how to spend
the banked hours of our lives
though we are unconscious
of the transaction -
of making the choice to trade time -

our days are determined by our beliefs,
we have constructed our own limitations
with the words in our minds:
"I can't"
"I don't know how"
"there isn't time"
echo within the cavernous walls
keeping us from our full potential,

we determine how we are hurt,
though it is all perception of the mind,
habits practiced through the years -
now second nature -
keep us held down;

we are our own restraints;
we are strong,
we are safe,
but are we alive?
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Work

when my reckoning comes 
these days won't matter
(if they ever did), 
that I pushed, stretched
to my limits and beyond
instead of taking in a fiery sunset
won't be worthy of a footnote
in the annals of time,

so why put myself
through such grueling paces:
it's what I watched,
it's what I know,
it's how I sleep at night,

I don't know how to stop
so I drive on
another plough-house in the field
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Hands

hands move,
in a circular race
time ticks away,

each second is a gift
an opportunity to learn,
a chance to feel,
a new experience -

we take them for granted
so caught up are we
in using screens
to numb ourselves
to existence -

the hands keep circling -
neither fast nor slow -
and we keep chasing
precious time

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