Mind Games

The mind is a quiet battlefield

No smoke

No sirens

Just the soft click of thoughts

Loading themselves in the dark

I move through my own head

Like a house with too many doors

Each one opening to a room

I swear I’ve never seen

And yet somehow remember

Some thoughts whisper

Some thoughts lie

Some thoughts wear my face

And dare me to call them impostors

I play along

Shuffle the deck

Cut the cards

Pretend the rules were ever mine

But the mind cheats beautifully

It hides the queen behind the king

Switches the mirror when I blink

Asks me to choose a truth

From a handful of illusions

That all feel like home

And still I sit at the table

Steady

Unblinking

Letting the mind deal again

Because the only way to win

Is to keep playing

Until the game learns

I’m not afraid of it anymore