Thought Machine

Sometimes my thought machine makes thoughts like

THAT WENT WELL or YOU’RE DOING GREAT or

                    YOU’VE GOT THIS

but sometimes it makes thoughts like

THAT WAS TERRIBLE or HOW EMBARRASING or

                       WHAT A MESS

When that happens, I dance. Write. Run. Sing.

Listen to music. Talk. Swim.

I think of ONE thing I like about myself

NICE EARLOBES or GREAT DACNCING or EXCELLENT

                             JOKES

               and I set about my day.

And somehow, that pesky little thought machine

     tends to think more positive things, like

THIS IS GOING WELL, YOU’RE DOING GREAT –

               YOU’VE GOT THIS!

                      And I have.

© Laura Much from Being Me: Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings. Otter-Barry 2021