I have wandered <br />around your mind <br /> <br />(I hope you don't mind) <br /> <br />invited in <br />by a poem <br /> <br />it smiled: <br />'Come in...come in! ' <br /> <br />And so <br />here I am <br /> <br />having bread & butter & tea <br />with your Past <br /> <br />having a laugh <br />with your Present <br /> <br />listening intensely <br />to your Future sing <br /> <br />'WHAT EVER WILL BE... WILL BE! ' <br /> <br />Picking up each <br />unique memory <br /> <br />reflecting how it <br />catches & holds <br /> <br />the light <br />(the delight in life) <br /> <br />having a good old natter <br />with your own good self <br /> <br />playing Snap! <br />with our synapses <br /> <br />tickling the old grey matter <br />until <br /> <br />a passing thought <br />& on a tangent I leave <br /> <br />your smile <br />as you tuck your hair behind your ear <br /> <br />and I find <br />myself upon <br /> <br />the whiteness <br />of this page <br /> <br />like Breughel's <br />HUNTERS RETURNING IN THE SNOW <br /> <br />trekking across <br />its vastness <br /> <br />leaving a trail <br />of clumsy footprints <br /> <br />made of words <br /> <br />leaving footsteps <br />echoing <br /> <br />somewhere in your mind.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/somewhere-in-your-mind-for-ruthie/
