From my first book of poetry: Singsong Crows and Alphabet Soup. Keep your mind gentle.

Like summer breezes.

Move gently.

Like the Anhinga bird.

Keep your mind gentle.

If you do not

poison will spread

through your veins

and ooze from your pores

undetected until the acid

singes your sinews.

Keep your mind gentle,

lest pain seep into your muscles

like molten lava.

Lest stiffness in your joints

stoop your back

and dull the luster in your eyes.

Keep your mind gentle.

Or words shall falter

between your mind

and your lips.

Keep your mind gentle.

© KaZ Akers

https://www.kazakers.com