A poem composed from its title, the idle thoughts of a mind unable to rest.<\/p>\n
Fleeting Thoughts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Fleeting thoughts that come and go<\/em> Perhaps this is a story, told in rhythm instead of prose, perhaps it is not. A poem composed from its title, the idle thoughts of a mind unable to rest. Fleeting Thoughts Fleeting thoughts that come and go Fleeting thoughts of love and lust Fleeting thoughts of broken trust Fleeting thoughts we cannot hide Fleeting thoughts so deep inside Fleeting thoughts of kiss and caress Fleeting thoughts of untold distress […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-3163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-fleeting-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Fleeting thoughts of love and lust<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of broken trust<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we cannot hide<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts so deep inside<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of kiss and caress<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of untold distress<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of enlightenment, lost<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we don’t transcribe<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we’ll never share, yet in our mind, we dare<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts occur so quick<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts that never stick<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts told as related lies<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, our soul’s demise<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, they reach the sky<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts that live, then die<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts that we can’t catch<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts as words, won’t hatch<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, they are so near<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts become memories, so dear<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of what we had<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts that make us sad<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts emotions wrought<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts our hearts do wring<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, faster than the eye<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts are doomed to die<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts nimble and quick<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts simply don’t stick<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts that flash and flick<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts are far too quick<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts outrun our tongue<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we try to hold<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of dreams, untold<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts I knew you once<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts how to make them stick<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts in my minds are trapped<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we chase behind<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we’ll never find<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we know are great<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts that come too late<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of weighty things<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, where freedom rings<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we strive for you<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, so hard to view<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts to dream, as true<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we never see<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts that will not be<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts come to fast<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, they never last<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of substantial things<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, eternity unlock<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts not bound by any clock<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of mighty deeds<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we’ll never heed<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts into words we must<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we place our trust<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts to us don’t lie<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we can’t deny<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we give release<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts eternal peace<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of soul and coin<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we can’t reconcile<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts meld and mesh<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts two souls entwine<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of flesh, so fine<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, hither and yon<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we had, are gone<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts let me find the dreams, I thought I’d left behind<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts in you I’m free<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts won’t you come to me<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, my ecstasy<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts will you ever be<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of self-made men<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, we put to pen<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of principle, or profit<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of nurtured souls<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of ungained goals<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of loves we lost<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of profits, taken<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of morals, shaken<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of plans we laid<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of beds, unmade<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, our memories refresh<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts are we the blessed?<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of the divine<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of smiles, sublime<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of blood we spilt<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of mother\u2019s milk<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of lives that end<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of sunsets, warm<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of days, newborn<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of journeys made<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of where we stayed<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of home, again<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of winding roads<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of conscience goads<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of must do this<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of the things I\u2019ve missed<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, of silly rhymes<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of better times<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of truths we hide<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts so deep inside<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of what we lost<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of principle\u2019s cost<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of would we change, had we chance to do again<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of time\u2019s sweeping hands<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of better plans<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of hindsight true<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of what did we do<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, such salable things, from which the sale cuts the wings<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of anguish, and pain<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of material disdain<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts my belly is empty, again<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts bring sun, or rain<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of teary eyes<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of angry lies<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of words unsaid<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts live in my head<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, more eloquent and true than anything I can say, to you<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts without word or form<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of scent, so sweet<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts depart, when I must eat<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, in you I’m free<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts let me, be me<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts my mask do rend, and to me, my true face reveal<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts I dare not show<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts to depths of low<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, where immortality resides<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts they live, then die<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts to me I hold<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts that go unsold<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts with you I share<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts I can’t abide<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts I cannot hide<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts I lock, inside<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts that can’t be free<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts I fear, are me<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of deed, and done<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we can’t outrun<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts our heart does shun<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of guilt and pride<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we can’t decide<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of law, and lie<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, of why<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of famine, or feast<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts are they the ones we love the least<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of excess<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts are punishment, to come<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts for those thoughts we left, undone<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we can’t contain<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of guilt and pain<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of sun, and rain<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of gray do loom<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of dismal doom<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of laughter bright<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of salvation’s light<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, our truths reveal<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts within our heart, we seal<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts no other can steal<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of battles lost<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of mortality’s true cost<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of the life we’ve lived<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of what we didn’t give<\/em>
\n <\/em>Fleeting thoughts you think you know<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts escape, and go<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we cannot grasp<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts slip away to fast<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of when, and why<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts can make me cry<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of tears unshed<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of the life we’ve led<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of guilt and sin<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of what could have been<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts we know are lies<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts bring heartfelt sighs<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts that were not then<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, we might live to see<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of painful reality<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of can, and will<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of never tell<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of deceit and lies<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of crying eyes<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts skip to and fro<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts will never go<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of didn’t do<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of can, and must<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of fulfilled trust<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of what might have been<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of extravagant whim<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of hands clasped tight<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of lips, pressed light<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of intertwine<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of too much wine<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of never did<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of wanted to<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of that and this<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts of unmade bliss<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts,<\/em>
\n the dreams of day,<\/em>
\n for fleeting thoughts never come,<\/em>
\n to stay.<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Fleeting thoughts, so determined, and true<\/em>
\n may fleeting thoughts come to you.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPerhaps I’ll post the audio recording from which I transcribed it, perhaps not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"