wander

Word association is a valuable tool
It gives us the view into the unconscious
It lets us meander through the memories
and select simple symbols
to reflect and report our feelings

happy sad lonely old new young fat thin
table chair hair there anywhere

when and if we choose to recognize the symbols
and their meaning
we grow and reach
mental health
for a moment

then
something happens to tip the balance
and
we must begin again

mental health
is a moment
and we eat something that changes the
chemical balance
and
we all of a sudden
think we are going crazy

we drink some water
and begin to fell better again
silly
we thought we were crazy
we were just
high blood pressure

silly
do we ever really know
who we are
do we ever really know
how we will react
before the event
we only think we know
then we are surprised
at how we behaved

i never thought i would do
any thing like that
i never thought i would feel
any thing like that

surprise
confusion
keen
careful
careless
caring
coffee
cake
biscuit
food
more food
eat
insead of think
eat
instead of feel
meet
neat
beat
seat
defeat
give up
let go
peace

words
simple symbols
leading us down a path
and then another
as we travel through time
we look for and find
the words
we struggle to describe
to paint the picture
to fashion the portrait
to satisfy
the minds eye
as we try to communicate
what we feel
what we see
what we hear
what we need

and the computer doesn't understand
the we realize
we are only talking to a machine

so we turn to ourself
and we talk to ourself
and we know exactly what we mean