All in the mind

Another choice of a poem by Elizabeth Jennings, from her Lucidities, which I guess she wrote at a time when she was finding life difficult. It is a great comfort

Considerations

Some say they find it in the mind,
A reason why they should go on.
Others declare that they can find
The same in travel, art well done.

Still others seek in sex or love
A reciprocity, relief.
And few, far fewer daily, give
Themselves to God, a holy life.

But poetry must change & make
The world seem new in each design.
It asks much labour, much heartbreak,
Yet it can conquer in a line.