It’s about finding yourself
standing
at the beginning or the end of
the road.
It’s about knowing that both
places are the same
depending upon which way you
turn.
It’s about seeing yourself in
the mirror
and welcoming or pushing away.
It’s about who you really are
when everything else is gone.
It’s about fear and terror
and living with both of those
things.
It’s about wanting to survive
them
in spite of who they’ve made
you become.
It’s about wishing you were
different
or at least had done different
things.
It’s about not destroying
yourself
for being human and making
mistakes.
It’s about trying to find
something
that makes you want to engage.
It’s about wanting to be and
wanting to live
with some sort of passion
again.
It’s about leaving the past in
the past
and seeing a future exist.
It’s about that and that alone
that is really all it is.
For dversepoets.com
Much to enjoy in these lines. I especially liked
ReplyDelete"It’s about who you really are
when everything else is gone."
I wonder how many of us know who we really are when everything has been stripped away.
It’s about leaving the past in the past...that's the key here for me...just was talking with my daughter during dinner about my childhood..really difficult circumstances...my father drinking.... but then if we want to live, we have to let go of the past...not always easy though...
ReplyDeleteIt’s about not destroying yourself
ReplyDeletefor being human and making mistakes...true that...love how encouraging and empowering this becomes as it goes along...and it is all about that...
"It’s about who you really are when everything else is gone." That is a great question. The whole poem is truly thought provoking. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletethank you. great poem. inspiring.
ReplyDeleteLoved every line in this.
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