When thoughts loop through my brain,
as reckless as a runaway train,
crushing all my happiness and hope;
I leap off of the tracks,
remind myself to stick to the facts
by singing back a smiling little joke:

I’m thinking that I’m thinking that I’m thinking that I’m thinking
that I’m thinking that I’m thinking that I’m …

When dreams with nightmares blend
and swirling writhe without an end
I stumble through the fog, longing to see …
There is a thought, like rope,
to firmly hold, that helps me cope
and leads me back to bright reality:

I’m thinking that I’m dreaming that I’m thinking that I’m dreaming
that I’m thinking that I’m dreaming that I’m …

Thoughts are just thoughts.
Dreams are just dreams.
Break up these looping pathways;
Redirect these little streams.

When navigating here,
it’s hard to step around this fear.
Changing up perspective you will find
a pathway clear and free,
dirigible-like levity
to float above the minefield of the mind.

I’m thinking that I’m floating and I’m seeing that I’m thinking
far above, perceiving forest for the trees …
And when I come to ground
I’m thinking I will soon be found
praising the God who surely lifts us from our knees.

I’m thinking that I’m floating and I’m seeing that I’m thinking
far above, perceiving forest for the trees …
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Copyright 2025 M. Ryan Taylor

Note: You would think that writing about these techniques that have helped me so much with mental and spiritual health would be easy now that I’m in such a better space, but … honestly probing the things that caused me to need these meditations, prayers, and mindfulness practices, well … its tough, especially in the middle of the lyric when I examine all the darkness, before I get to the light, the solutions and the resolutions. I just hope someone else finds these thoughts helpful if they’re struggling. Its been a journey.

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