If I took the restraints off my thoughts
I wonder where I would end up
What pathways would they lead me down?
What fantasies would they indulge?
I know myself –
they would take me along paths
full of potholes and dangers
I’d stumble on the freedom –
trip over every feeling
pursue every desire in my view
I’d enjoy everything
without a care for consequence
give up any resemblance of self-control
I’d dream it all
I would do it all
I’d take it all
I’d take
take
take
until, I was wildly out of control
My ‘just this once’ daydreams
would be the death of me
Luckily, thoughts are simply thoughts
there’s no need to indulge
I’ll keep the restraints
firmly in place
and leave those thoughts on hold
Secret Thoughts Within 
omg I love this, just what I needed this morning……. the spark in this, the originality…has your DNA all over it, as it should!
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Wow, that’s amazing Kizito. It’s funny how that can happen. I’m glad these words found you at the right time.
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“I know myself –
they would take me along paths
full of potholes and dangers” – amen to that 🤭
Very insightful poem, Bree – the beauty of imagined unrestrained thoughts and feelings
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Haha, I hear that Amen 😂😂😂
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Letting our thoughts run wild in the safe space between our ears, is liberating. A lovely read Bree! 💚
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To run wild is indeed a lot of fun 😏 Thanks for the encouragement with the reading too Cassa, I almost didn’t post this one.
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I am glad you did and didn’t keep this gem burried in sand.
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Oh wow, beautifully written & recited, Bree 💟
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I tried not over edit this one Navin. I’m sure I’d write it differently next week, but sometimes you have to let a poem have its way.
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Agree…at times a poem needs to flow as it comes…the raw beauty…keep expressing, Bree 💟
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