Thought in Motion

I can’t sleep
Thought in motion
I rarely sleep well

Thoughts toss and tumble
Body shakes and trembles
Moving to its own ethereal rules
Energy is the soul
Sometimes it speaks

Forgotten dreams
Unfinished thoughts
Eclectic thoughts
Nothing ever finished
Everything always in motion
Speeding towards somewhere
Even that not spoken

I say to you:
What of these ethereal thoughts?
I prefer pleasant thoughts
Even when not true

The world brings its own emotions
Raw, coarse
Beholden to itself

The sculptor needs no paint
Only vision
And a world to view
Always in motion

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Ryan Mimna lives in Philadelphia and works in the finance industry. He served in the U.S. Army from 2011 to 2015 and, after completing the Ranger pipeline, served with 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, including multiple tours in Afghanistan. After leaving the Army, he finished a bachelor’s degree in political science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he began writing and later turned toward poetry. For The Havok Journal, he writes reflective pieces and poetry, often centered on fear, meaning, and the inner life.

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