I live my life through the words I write
Noticing
my wanting
to cross items off my to-do list.
Noticing
my yearning
to announce a project as complete.
Noticing
my fear
of diving into waters of vulnerability
when I feel fragile.
Noticing
my tendency
to want to do the easy things
rather than the hard and messy things.
Noticing
my hesitancy
with meeting new facets of me
and letting the old ones go.
Noticing
the discrepancies between
what I claim to desire
and the actions I take.
Noticing.
Giving excess attention
to details minute
diverts energy away from the purposeful
keeping me stuck in a place
I cannot move.
There are times, like these,
where the details do not matter.
Action matters.
Leave behind perfection:
do
act
move
as a bird released from the cage.
Words repeated over and over,
laced with pure intention
but lacking follow-up action.
Phrased a dozen different ways,
but all meaning the same:
nothing,
when never acted upon.
Lose the mask, the facade of purity
and good intentions,
it’s time to break this pattern.
Dawning Words 