Affective Effects

One cannot contend with a specter

Nor wrestle or tackle a ghost

One cannot imprison a phantom

Nor shackle to physical post

‘Tis spirit that grapples with spirit

Emotions are heart’s to control

And bodies must move within physics

To affect an external result

Conditions which conjure emotion

Are not quickly changed from inside

It’s best to deal with them directly

And not with the wraith born of mind

For feelings emerge within psyche

And passions inherent in heart

Conditions materialize outside

And therefore we set them apart

For spirit can’t influence matter

Unless it indwells in a host

For such is our mystic connection

As mortals till body we molt