I Dream of Empty Thoughts

I Dream Of Empty Thoughts
By Chadwick Yates 6-17-09


My Thoughts:
My wrecking ball;
My ball and chain;
My forever companion.
No one has betrayed me nearly
as much nor as often
As you.
You frequent both the pain
I have felt,
and the pain
I have caused.
You sting me like hatred,
Yet love me like
chocolate.
What wickedness
Do you brew for me this day?
What temptations do you long
to torture me with?
I am a bud ...
The tender mercies of a promising flower.
Christ is my root ...
Feeding me ... nurturing my birth ...
You are my pedals -
A temporary pleasure soon to be plucked
from my center,
On a fanciful flight
Within the current of death's soothing
and certain
Winds.

Peace ... and light forevermore;
Amen.