The endless stories of the past

Follow me through life

Flashing visions of the hidden self

Separate from life in this moment

I am lost in the illusion of today

Longing to feel connected in some way

Ten thousand worries preoccupy my mind

The world

Life

My family

And the day-to-day grind

But can’t you see… An occupied mind can’t be free?

As quickly as you let it

Your mind makes a movie

Showing the possibilities

The Future and the Past

Your mind presenting pictures

And making up the story

Based on your perception

And the feelings of that time

I want to be free from the past!

How am I to hear the songs of the birds?

And the sound of the breeze,

With a mind constantly preoccupied?

By taking the vow to live in the now

Breaking the habit of an auto-tuned mind

Letting go of the need to always define

My mind no longer needing to…

Explain it

Know it

Compare it

And store it

Time after time

I finally freed myself and my mind stays right here and

lives in the now!

© Raja Williams

Excerpt from the book “Imprints In The Sand”

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About the Author

Ms. Raja Williams, also known as Raja’s Insight, fiercely arrived on the writer’s scene in 2012 after being awakened by a prolific poet, lyricist, songwriter, and music producer whom encouraged her to write daily. After nearly twenty years of pent up words only floating in her own head she began to allow the words to spill out onto empty pages and find way to readers  needing encouraging words.

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