Head Spaces...

The tick tock  aroused my mind
am I okay or not I wonder
my thoughts loud and harsh.

Let yesterday go

just forget tomorrow 

concentrate on the present.

I found a box and put my head inside it.

Some say your mind plays tricks,

my mind is full of tricks and treats

which need sorting out, choosing

what gets to stay and what is discarded.

Listening to well meaning folk

does not help for well-meaning

touches the  bits that excruciatingly 

torment and hurt the old scarring.

I found a box and put my head inside it.

Arms and legs, torso and all other bits

appear normal and acceptable

covered by convention which applauds

itself daily, hourly, minute by minute.

Tick tock tick tock, it's the long way round

the mountain again, and again, and again.

   I found a box and put my head inside it...

For today's MTB poetry prompt from Laura at dverse poets, we are writing Bop Poetry created by Aafa Michael Weaver.
Poetry Style: a 23 line poem which has 3 stanzas ordered thus, with a 1 line refrain after each:-

• a six-line stanza - that poses a problem
• an eight-line stanza - that expands upon that problem
• a six-line stanza - that solves, or fails to solve, the problem

Include this 1 line refrain after each stanza:
‘I found a box and put a room inside’
OR ‘I found a box…[add your own words to complete the line]

Here is the link: BOP poetry