Tag: change

it is awake, and here

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It would be all to easy to cast blame,
deflect this on to you,
say it’s your fault, you started this.
If I had not met you
this would not be happening.
Easy,
but unjustified.

No, it’s more than that.
This beast had been hibernating out of sight
for some time,
and chose to show its face
when you were there.
I knew of its existence
and shudder at my naivete
in believing it could hibernate forever.

But all that doesn’t matter now,
all that back story
and circumstances.
What matters is now,
it is awake, and here.
I either find a way to tame it,
or get eaten alive.

the clouds come back

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Just as soon as I am laughing and smiling,
basking in the warm afternoon sun,
the clouds come back
and the fog settles in,
pushing me back down, down to the ground again.

In an instant everything changes.
How can it happen so fast?
I scarcely had time to enjoy being happy
before my mind took it away again.

back into balance

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Knowledge and behavior
relate and connect to each other in numerous ways,
but their connection is not direct,
nor guaranteed.
When the scale unbalances,
the ripples extend beyond the water’s edge.

Knowledge, thought, reasoning,
have always tipped the scale unbalanced for me,
casting waves upon the shoreline
drenching the stubborn human on the shore
who does not move out of the wave’s path.

But now is the time for change.
Now is the time to move my feet
around in the sand,
listening to and understanding the water
and responding to it.

Now is the time to shift the scale
back into balance.

each stone tossed in

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Rising up from the inner depths of me
out into clear view,
reflections and thoughts I knew existed
but of only minimal understanding.

You know the right questions
to pull them forward
and persuade me to spend more time
trying to understand
and appreciate.

Though I am a small pond
with gentle flow from the warm breeze,
each stone tossed in
stirs never-ending ripples
until I am nothing
but an ocean, turbulent with waves,
everywhere.

fresh

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Time for a fresh start
a new beginning
in a path
I already find myself in the middle of.

Blow fresh wind into my sails
shine light anew upon the darkened corners
of my inner self
where I always felt
alone and confused and restless
upon emerging from the shadows cast there.

Bestow a new way forward
which can both replace and refresh
my projected journey
into the valley lying ahead.

wonder often

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Wander far and
wonder often.
Soar above and through the boundaries
separating you
from the other side
where you want to be,
where you are meant to be,
where you will find
the path leading through the winding
trees and valleys
of your soul, to your heart
and until you find it
wonder often
and wander far
through and through.

may we find humility

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It looks barren, stripped, hard,
exposed,
the world outside living in autumn.
Leaves have left the trees
green evaporating from the grass
warmth rescinding from the ground.
I feel you, world,
but join me in embracing this change,
the nakedness, the exposure,
for if we find ourselves stripped bare
and left for everyone to see and judge
may we find power
may we find humility
may we find courage
to trudge on, and on,
paving the path for transformation to happen around us,
too.