Negative Thinking

Negative thinking is like black fabric

obstructing our vision.

We mistake the fabric for the road,

people on the road

or even, our loved ones.

Negative thinking is salt:

not to be sprinkled on a wounded heart,

for it will be more painful.

Negativity is like fire,

causing the heart to blaze in pain;

negative thinking is a car wreck in our minds,

bringing grave injury.

Negative thinking

is like tawdry cosmetics

ruining the dignified visage.

Negative thinking

is like a robber

stealing away precious treasures of

happiness and gratitude.

Negative thinking is like a funhouse mirror

distorting the figures of thoughts—our true and strong self,

as if contorting a beautiful woman into a beastly wolf.

Negativity is too noisy and discordant,

drowning out our heart’s peace and compassion.

Bitter and struggling,

through time,

we endlessly swallow a taste difficult to bear,

till life is

destroyed,

through and through.