You Gave Me Something
By 
Phillip Hennessy
 You gave me something 
that I keep returning 
Each time I give to you 
It comes right back 
From somewhere else 
Or the other 
From this person, or that 
Though you – 
You are each of these people 
And everyone “Knows” 
That you are not Mad 
Just Different 
and that beautiful world 
you live within 
when Dreams invade, so loudly 
into the Silence of your wakening thoughts 
the lightning of expression 
exploding 
within thunderous realisations 
and beautiful insights 
“the power that you gave away 
returns to you, another way 
do not chase, the way it went 
for all your toil will be spent 
stop and rest – catch your breath 
there is no race – only Death” 
you’ve done it before 
don’t do it again 
for there is no Reason 
to be forced with 
and there is no Force 
that can be reasoned with 
not in your Mind 
there is no remote 
control, you know 
press Forward, not “Eject” 
and make the minor adjustments 
so the picture becomes clearer 
and you step inside 
The Dream. 
©2016  Phillip Hennessy
 
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