Mantras

The brain
Is a great forgetter 
That’s why
We need mantras
We need songs
We need holidays
Every month
Week and year
We need rituals
We need songs, again
We need to 
Play them
Again and again

We need poems
Prayers
And we need to
Learn them by heart
And say them
To others
And to ourselves
When we wake up
And drive home
And go to bed

We need this
To remind us
To keep us out 
Of the gutters
Of our minds
We need help
All this help
To remember