Lingering thoughts
oft cloud perceptions,
with damp fog rolling in
distorting the clarity
that's needed to see ahead.
Delicate breezes of hope,
sweet wafting updrafts,
stir the mind for action.
Courage provides clarity,
accompanying the sojourner
away from this consuming place
of relentless overthinking.....

A dverse poets prompt today, to write a 44 word quadrille containing the word 'linger', or some form of the word.
Here is the Link: Linger