But traveling through my psyche was not an easy ride

I meandered here and there and felt lost at every turn

Aimless was my journey but my incentive was to learn

Some places I had found were recessive, cold and dark

Others seemed so bare as a tree stripped of its bark

Continuing on my way I pressed deeper in my mind

Although I wasn’t told I knew what I had to find

Deep within the core of what makes me who I am

I found I had constructed an imposing mental dam

Could this be the object that has impressed upon my life

Is this the solo cause of all my trouble and my strife

I stood baffled and bewildered wondering where to go

What lies beyond this dam I wasn’t sure that I should know

Perhaps this dam is what has kept all the dreadful things at bay

So I thought it best to leave it alone and look another day

~David Phillips~

David Phillips Poetry