a work in progress

you could skip the cover

peel back the pages

to find us

lose yourself in the binding

flap your arms

like buoys in the pacific

like an angel in space

after introductions commence

and the scenery unravels

between the words you could search storms

if you really wanted to find us you could

overturn tables or wander caves of apostrophes

shift beneath the tiles and character corridors

you could study the climax

or bounce glaciers

on the palm of your hand

push back the gates

or rip open the seams

climb entwined chapters

story building arms

bite into the narratives
that leave you gasping for air.

thoughts on meta cognition

Meta-cognition is thinking about thinking. This activity can be addictive and it can lead to "analysis paralysis" in the end. You fail to act because you are too busy working through the mental processes. It is important to remember that you create nothing without action aside from more thoughts.

Analytical thought is a great benefit of the human mind. The ability to break things down into their fundamental components is a gift that many people admire. When this gift begins to spin out of control, it is necessary to retrain your mind to get control of your thoughts.

Spending a lot of time in a meta-cognitive state yields little productivity. You lost the ability to communicate effectively with others and you find that you are unable to take action due to your indecisiveness.

dear diary

If I was childish enough

to bring these thoughts to the table

and naive enough

to expose them on paper

how foolishly then

would I

wage war

with the pen

undress your inadequacies

how recklessly

I must delight

in the dust it unravels

or wastefully fuel

such shallow undertones

you then must believe

my arguments are catastrophically ridiculous

that I garnish them with unworthy attention

that such thoughts should be abandoned with time

buried deep within your manhood

not exorcised or dismantled

in the hands of a child

how immature I am

to broadcast my feelings

so boldly

take such liberties

with such a serious matter

if I am so brazen and thoughtless

with my words

that I will publicize them anywhere

this must be my most juvenile

entry to date.