A Better Self Poem by Esther Thornburg

Lost in deep essence of the mind,
Search for truth, true and kind.
Who knows what is there to find?
What is in the travels of the human mind?

In school days when lessons were dull
Eyes viewed yonder to the far hill.
The sight can reach some distance away.
It is searching for thoughts or of another day.

Years roll on and toil comes along.
The search of the mind reaches on.
Thoughts have ways of staying with you,
Where ever you go or whatever you do.

Sort and sift, discard a few, save the true.
Reality needs them to come through.
Deep and treasured knowledge can help.
It can build a secure and better self.