belief

belief is an impermanent tattoo 

on the mind of self-consciousness.

some are self-sight-able.

some are not,

but both carry images of being, 

worn without effort at noticing,

but impactful at various times.

belief has a method of application,

a certain technique of the mind,

possibly in combination 

with observance from the heart.

for the heart is actually who the tattoo is for.

the mind is the initiator of the action of belief.

but the heart has emotional attachment to it

that can question its worth over time.

and the heart admires appropriately, when needed.

they each feature different awareness tasks.

one is somewhat random in passage,

while the other has endearment qualities.

yet if another notices my tattoo

and has opinion or remarks to be made,

my mind is on alert

and my heart is feeling challenged for its presence.

then my mind has to be the protector

and defend that tattoo and its meaning and purpose,

while my heart is unstable in reaction.

that tattoo is part of its emotional environment,

a world of airbornes in fluid states of passage,

familiar to the being but possibly foreign to others.

mindfulness is well aware of that environment,

but in a somewhat indifferent state of ongoing.

yes there is a constancy of interaction, 

but taking delight comes and goes over time.

the mind has guardianship rights to carry on,

while the heart has emotional reasons for carrying ons.

and those tattoos are part of the common bonding.

the mind may call it belief or beliefs,

but the heart calls it the home environment.

and emotions have lived and grown up there.

one has cognition and tinkering skills,

while the other liquifies the joy of being

into a somewhat constant passage of presence,

that the other is fully aware of, when interested.

they both share in the imprinting process

but hardly ever converse about it afterwards.

it just is and they just are.

and both the mind and the heart

have that as commonplace, together.

how they have belief in their self-consciousness

is kind of tattoo-like.

permanence is, a time will tell.

sure, there is the effects of wearage.

but indelible is an unknown,

until living it alive proves it true,

or otherwise,

that has taken its place.

self-consciousness is a skin game.

and mind and heart are ever together,

as the players . . .