© 2017 by P Michael Biggs
I’m under the influence
and so are you.
My musical choice this morning
is influencing me.
My bedtime reading last night
influenced me.
The sweet treats I eat
have an influence on me.
As does the morning news,
the birds chirping outside my window,
and my friendship choices.
You and I … we are
under the influence.
And what are we doing
about that?
Influences are good and bad,
right and wrong.
Purposeful and not so much.
Influences happen even when unaware,
mostly when unaware.
Music sways me,
Smells and tastes sway me.
Kind words or the lack thereof
sway me.
We never escape the power of influence.
So, I suppose, we had better
place a governor on the most important
influences and sources of enlightenment.
Perhaps it is time for on-purpose influences.
Otherwise, we might be influenced.
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