Sometimes
to find
authenticity
and embodiment
you must challenge
the constructs engrained
and choose
to build anew.
Tag: challenge
put on a new show
The old is familiar
and mindless
but is that really what you want?
Expose your mind
to the never-seen-before.
It will be OK.
You know how to protect yourself.
You can explore new things
and maybe even
discover new joy.
Putting on your old favorite show
for background noise
ends up being what you watch anyways
for the eleventh time
and when it’s done
and the pages remain empty
you feel empty too.
Challenge yourself.
You can put on a new show
allow it to captivate you
and simultaneously
spark inspiration for your words.
You can have it both ways,
which is what you want, anyway.
Stop putting yourself in boxes
behind barricades.
You’re capable of more than you realize
or imagine.
play. challenge. try again.
Why are you drowning in the worry,
in the anxiety,
of trying again?
You are a different person now
than when you tried it before.
You fear breaking the rules
that only exist
because you placed them upon yourself.
Let them go.
Take the rug and shake it out the back door
watch those dusty, useless rules
scatter into the wild, outdoor air
and settle somewhere else.
Be in this life to play, to create,
to challenge.
Be in this life to follow the beat
of your own heart
and sing her song.
The fight rages on.
Fighting against a force within me,
I cannot see it
nor assign it a name.
It urges me to retreat, recluse,
hide away from you, and me,
promising me peace and tranquility.
I feel another figure
rise up to the challenge,
rationalizing with me against every promise.
‘You know better than this’,
‘You are stronger than this’,
‘You must overcome this on your own’.
I listen to the rational voice
and head its advice,
but the other, deeper voice still calls out to me.
The fight rages on.
Dawning Words 