Negative Thoughts

Negative thoughts
Oh, they come and go
And sometimes they come
A lot more than they go

For thoughts create feelings
And feelings then feel
And that’s why it’s easy
To feel that they are real

Because when they arrive
They suggest they are you
And you should do just 
What they say you should do

Then slowly the negative
Thoughts can begin
To widen that door
And let themselves in

Then do what they like
And say what they please
To stifle your life
With their negative squeeze

So why not breathe in
And exercise choice
Why not breathe out
And say ‘no’ to the voice

And say ‘I’m worth more
Much, much, more than all that
And that negative voices
Are uncool and old hat’

And get used to calling
The negative out
And slowly it turns
From a scream to a shout

To a murmur, a whisper
And then best of all
The voice will one day 
Become nothing at all

Unless it speaks nicely
And says let’s have fun
Or suggest quite warm-heartedly
What might be done

For why you would possibly
Talk to yourself
In a way that you’d not
Talk to anyone else?

So why not decide
That its time to get free
And stand up to the (deeply uncool) voice
Of negativity

Murray Lachlan Young