Thoughts

So many thoughts flow through my head
Some are so insistent that they drive me to distraction
Making it difficult to concentrate
And at times hard to sleep.

Then there are some that are so fleeting
That they disappear into mist when touched
Leaving me to wonder what it was
That I thought at all.

It's not always easy to pry the thoughts
From my mind so that I may place them
On paper for others to see.

But at times they seem to flow so easily
That I'm often surprised when I read them
And I realize that was written by me.

Mary E. Terrell
March 21, 1998