Quiet Yr Mind

How bout the nagging and needling that won't go away

Thought you had a good day, but they're here anyway

All the should have's and could have's and what if's that led

To the i wish's, maybe's, and what happens next's

How do you quell the well i don't know if that worked

How do you keep at bay worrying that got worse

How do you quiet yr mind

How bout the didn't call mom today, or any friends

How bout all of the reasons why you disconnect

All the chances you missed, all of those you let down

Least of all being you contemplating it now

How do you tell yourself that today was enough

How do you tell it to the one calling your bluff

Tell me how do you turn the lights off for the night

Or how do you get them to not be so bright

How do you quiet yr mind

Because I'm losing mine

How bout texts that you read but you never got back to

The projects you started but never attached to

The friends on the other end waiting for you

To establish that you give a damn how they're doing

And really you do but you can't make it happen

The day pulls away like the laundry from static

And suddenly so many problems have piled

You can't believe you're not all you aspired to

Never remembering despite your reminders

That days are just sand on your beach

How do you quiet yr mind

Because I'm losing mine