I am no longer willing
to let just any thoughts
set themselves up like spiders
in my mind, constructing their cobwebs,
leaving their frass about

My mind is my temple,
my mind is my citadel,
and all the thoughts are called to service  –
they must radiate
the great calm of truth,
they must establish peace
and see it take hold
within the whole of me
and all throughout the land.

©Wendy Mulhern
August 8, 2021i