Soapbox Poet

stream of consciousness 1 (a poem)

this is stream of consciousness

I have to confess. For there is a

difference between speaking your mind

and speaking the truth. a happy medium.

A lukewarm rainstorm. It’s winter, and

everything is dying or dead, and what I

find warmth in is this love, and it is bringing

me back to life. it is sweet, gentle, and

childlike in all of the ways I thought I missed

out on or skipped over. Yes, I’ve played double dutch

and no I don’t like pickles. I collect a lot

of stuff and things and I place their history as their

value and in that context I find comfort in the past.

this is what’s on my mind and if I could pull

your stream of consciousness out of you, I would too.