My Mind Monkeys ...

It’s never where it should be
Sometimes here and the other times there
On a little bit of this and a little bit of that
My mind monkeys …

Swinging from limb to limb
Making it branch by branch
Stopping only for a quick scratch
My mind monkeys …

Meandering in reflection and swinging in obsession
Seeking connection when in isolation
Craving seclusion when in conjunction
My mind monkeys …

Reaching swiftly places galore
Moments bridging the seas and shore
Oscillating in and out of a knot one more
My mind monkeys …

Digging the past poking the future
Whirling backward sometimes forward
Rest still it won’t stay calm it don’t
My mind monkeys …

Musing on dozens of ideas
Idling on myriad reasons
Barely in peace with the moment
My mind monkeys …

Ache for longing crave for belonging
Aspiring and fretting and hoping and vexing
Filling my every cell and pore touching my deepest core
My mind monkeys …

Pausing to ponder … why wander
Riding emotions in crew things happen as they do
Driving my silence over yonder… can’t say why
My mind monkeys

-Manasi