My mind's thoughts via poetry...

Raven

In my wandering moments I sometimes fear
The strange things I see, warnings so clear
In moments of disillusion and confusion
I saw the raven that dared come so near
The bird with grey streaks running its neck
Stared me down until I stood up in neglect
I screamed for it to leave, to let me bereave
But it sat, and sat, in that effect

I was in the dream of my thought
Mind evading but nor had I fought
I stared back, awaiting the raven's attack
Even though I knew that insanity I sought
Envisioning the fragments that made up my mind
An explanation I could never find
For that raven haired crook, with its murderous look
It was merely a dream I told myself to be kind

A devil, perhaps, or a piece of my madness
Flying across the borders to escape all this sadness
Edging to senselessness, slipping from consciousness
I stayed wide-eyed with the raven silent nor aggressed
It was my subconscious I decided forlorn
A black raven of perseverance and mourn
It harmed nor aided, and soon it faded
But I felt it had been me all along

Shifani R.