It is just a thought… Is it?

It is like that

It starts just like a spark

A fleeting thought

A lightning bolt passing through your mind.

Then, it keeps coming back every now and then

Eventually, it returns more often

And more often

And more regularly.

After that, it increases its intensity

Now that it is frequent

The fire burns higher and higher

Up to a point that it starts driving you crazy

You can’t stop it anymore

Nor can you control it.

You just want it to go away

You invent all sorts of distractions

To get rid of it

But it still there

Lurching

Sly

Furtive

Clandestine.

At this time, you are hooked

You’ve got to follow the thought

Or it will eat you up.

It will drive you insane

Unless you do exactly what it wants.

You see! That little spark

That little flicker that you allowed into your thoughts

Have now become the captain of your life

That either you obey it

Or it will torment you, severely.

So, be careful

Be watchful

Be vigilant

Because it always starts as inoffensively

As simple

And as fugacious as a fleeting shooting star.

How to cite this Poem:

Cargnin dos Santos, Tadany. It is just a thought… Is it?