The Mind and the Matter

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There is one that we will always love despite having walked over tumultuous bridges with oceans of fire to swim in at the end. A recurring theme of "what if's" and hopelessness and what we shall never again inherit, clouds the mind's judgment and creates a haze around our world, one that blinds us. Foggy!! It is, therefore, time, for our minds to come to the battlefield and conquer the matter at hand. The mind must rise over the matter!

Pierce the memories with your sharp stake of "I never deserved this." Slap the hand of manipulation and declare, "I know my worth." Burn the photographs with the oil of bravery and forwardness as you whisper, "I control my destiny." Watch them burn and smile, as the flames release the toxicity that made your mind fragile, causing you to forget your power and haphazardly give it to another. Relinquish the desires, quell the scent that has caused you to follow blindly and lose yourself in a forest of insecurity.

Purge the mind and fight. Walk over the matter, trample into the ground, bury it, for it shall not win. Tell yourself that a good love never makes you dull your light, a good love does not make narcissism your master. You have let this soul consume too much of your essence. Take it back and run. Even the moon and the stars encourage you with their light, they guide the path you should walk. They twinkle to give you hope, so you respond with your awakening.

Mind over matter. Whatever your mind stays above does not matter.

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