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To Think is to Conclude, to Conclude is to Act, to Overthink is to Fail


I think I think too much

And I think that that’s fine

But also I think it might not be

I think that my overthinking

Inhibits my decisions making as I think about every possible outcome

And I think I don’t want them

To think is to conclude most often

Yet I think too much and therefore conclude nothing

And I think since I conclude nothing that I fail to act

As to think is to conclude, to conclude is to act

But as I think too much and fail to conclude I fail to act

As I sit and think of wonderings skewed

I think I know what I desire

And I make a decision and then I think differently yet again and therefore my decision is nullified

I think I think too much

And yet I only know what I think I want

I think of desire excessively 

Thinking too much until I’m am unaware of what I think I want

And ending up even more unsure of what I think I need

Undecided of whether I think I want or need to die or live

Thinking some part of me needs to die for the rest of me to live

Whilst thinking too little of myself

And thinking not any part of me deserves to live save the writings I bleed out

So as of now I think this might be all I leave you

Knowing I’m in too much pain and thinking of the annoyance it ushers in

Not ever being able to think of how to handle my situation

So I think I must be content

With the only thing I think I know

That I think I think too much

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