mind – Picking Up Roots

Creation

release the reins
of your caged mind
turn it loose
to run wild
through your dreams,

let it gallop over
your fields of hopes,
picking only those dreams
of deepest meaning -
those beyond
your self -

let the mind free
to find 
the path to truth
through creation

Erosion

we are what we believe,
just as we do what 
we think we can -
and are limited
by what we think we cannot -
between the ears
is our sticking point;
it is where we let fear
erode the mind,
paralyzing our dreams -
                            we are capable of more,
                            so much more

Keeper of the Cage

the mind is a cage
in which we dream,
restrained by the bars of our fears,
we lack the strength
to move beyond,
shaking them off
as the vicious nothings they are -

this does not mean
we have not achieved,
just that we have not soared
to the heights of our dreams

are our lives less fulfilled?
a question
for the keeper of the cage