Let them come

Let them come
let them come!
The wild and persistent thoughts
knocking at the threshold
wanting to be heard
refusing to be put down or
silenced.

Let them come
let them in
the inappropriate and unseemly
the crazy, funny, solemn, sad.
Let them all in
they won’t be ignored.

Like petulant children
clamouring for attention
they need to be heard.
Let them play, shout, scream
fuss and fight
and settle in their own time.
They won’t be forced down
so let them be.

Embrace and accept them all
with a quiet acknowledgement
until they run out of steam
of their own accord.

Then
let them go
let them go.
They are not yours
these animated, obstinate thoughts
let them go.
They are just words
blowing on the wind
just ideas
skitting across the sky.
Let them go
don’t hold on
they are just dreams
of the daytime
the open-eyed awake time.
And like night-time dreams
their reality is as solid
as unsubstantial dust.

© 13 Aug 18