there are places
some mornings
where the mind
wanders off to
that even coffee
can’t bring it
back
restless mind
a restless mind
no sleep
for a restless mind
faces swirl
around
with eyes closed
or open
reminding me
of where
of what
I’ve been
from a line by Su Tung-p’o: this dissociation
sleeping late
waking to wonder
where I am
this dissociation
a direct result
of a mind
too restless to stay
in any one place
for long
bottle the wind
to rein in
a restless mind
is like trying
to bottle
the wind
that ongoing carnival
the mind
alive
restlessly searching
the past the present
here there
everywhere
a Beatles’ song
all that overdubbing
until the image sought
lost
in that ongoing carnival
of memories
parading through
my mind
Leonard Durso 