The Racing Brain

Let It Rest Please

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The racing brain 

It always wants more 
More and more 
More and more 
It keeps on going 
Asking for more and more 

Why is that ?
Does it need something 
To keep it occupied 
All the time 
I doubt it

So why does it 
Keep on asking 
Give me more 
And more 
And more 

The brain is active 
Because it’s unable 
To rest in peace 

It’s unable 
To rest in peace 
Because its mind 
Is racing 
It’s burning 
It’s hot 
And it needs cooling 

The racing brain 
Is looking 
For something 
That can calm it down 
Make it go numb 

So it tries 
And tries
And tries
To keep itself busy 

It has stories to tell
It has worries and anxieties 
It has fears and tears 
It has so many open wounds to lick 
So many closed wounds to pick 

The brain is not alright
It has fever
It has jaundice 
It needs rest 
It needs plenty of water
To cool it down
To keep it quiet 
And not vigilant 
And closely keeping guard 
And waiting to pounce on you
Once you walk in and make a sound 

That kind of brain 
Is a poor thing
It needed rest and peace 
And silence 
Ages ago
It still hasn’t received it

How will you quiet it tonight 
Are you going to distract it
And keep it numb 
As usual 
By persisting on TV
Or social media 
Or books
Or anything else it delights in

Or are you going to sit with it
Wait on it
Tell it “I’m here now for you
Tell me
Pour out everything 
I’ll wait on you 
To hear you out 
In silence 
Without judging 
Without saying anything 
Except listening 
Listen listen listen I will
As long as you want me to
Until you are finished 
Now go on
Get started
Shoot!
I’m ready for you!”

Will you tell that to your racing brain 
And wait on it starting tonight 
Let it tell you stories 
Of wins and losses
Of kindness and hatred
Of passion and brokenness
Of creations and destructions 

Wait on it
Keep waiting on it
Until it calms down 
And starts to rest

It’s such a poor thing 
The poor little brain of yours
That’s racing 
Against time
In all tension 

It must be so tired 
Yet it’s still racing 
Against time 
And against everyone 
And everything 

Let it rest
Let it rest
Let it rest
Give it rest 
And kindness
And peace ✌🏽 

Amen! 

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