Overthinking

𝗜𝗻𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟮
Prompt: Chef
Mental Health Association: Overthinking

It's not enough for some of us to just leave well enough alone.
Nope.
Our minds are wired too intensely for a concoction as simple as that.
So we lay down at night, and stare at the ceiling,
reeling over a conversation or a situation,
adding our mix of salt and pepper,
new words and feelings,
new pretense and endings.
Masters of the art, we knead and mould,
so our stories can be re-told
even if in our own heads, when the lights are gone,
and it's been so long since it happened in the first place.
But oh, if only you had a taste
of my new and improved recipe,
sorry, 'version' of the story,
the one that borders on a line between over-dramatic and just right,
over-cooked, after being left to marinate overnight.
I could leave well enough alone, alright,
but tonight we're whipping up an 'over-thinking' delight.

- @fayology47