Once my heart could truly sing
But now it does not know a thing.

Words float in the ether,
Magnetic copper electric tether,
Buzzing words little-read,
(which suits this shy author!)
Offline poems composed online,
An outlet for an outlet,
A proxy for expressed emotion,
Expressed unedited
Composed hurriedly
Public:
Visible to the world,
Save
and forget.

In a distance unmeasured
-
except in retrospect
and by the length
of subconscious thoughts
-
The ripples were spreading
From a pulsing portion of my brain
Fuelled by thoughts
Knowing but unchecked,
Repressed yet irreppresible,
Dissonant yet decisive,
Piercing, but not into consciousness.

Should I have been more probing?
Searched deeper into mind,
Meditated on prickling doubts,
Stopped to **** out these thoughts?
Instead, I ignored their presence
Pushed through another day
Another week and month
Till, suddenly,
My mind tripped on the undergrowth.

Touring County Sligo
In my Toyota Aygo.

In-built Sat Nav Mishap,
No real road map.

Lost in County Sligo
Cursing my Toyota Aygo.