Overthinking

How do you calm your unquiet mind

That catastrophic scenarios invariably tends to find

How do you assure yourself that the unrealistic outcomes playing out in your head

Are highly unlikely to materialize, that you should instead

Let things unfold, without trying to pretend

That you have a crystal ball, that the future you can portend..

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The last few hours unfortunately I had spent

In catastrophizing, despite trying to focus on the present

Exhausted by the rabbit holes into which my mind had disappeared

Through writing, I decided to address my fears

Now that in the midst of the second verse myself I find

I can finally feel less perturbation of my mind

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Writing is cathartic, it is often said

Trying to collect the wild thoughts racing through my head

In order to put them to paper put things in perspective for me

Allowing my overthinking brain to calm down finally