Finding The True Self…and our fateful path

Finding peace and realizing potential…

Beneath that constant hum,
that grinding movement of life,
what softly spoken soul does speak
of love’s address, its thankfulness for being,
and so if not, what words express
the true nature of who we are,
first removed the fears and propensities given,
to reveal our very essence,
our birthright of existence.

Are we who we think we are,
or are we disheveled, half-broken
from the struggle,
to determine one day who we will be;
in delusion or pursuing a planned ascendancy,
stagnant or worse, withheld in loss,
a forever rescinding of truth,
to suffer our own flagellum,
our own self-pity in retreat?

Tis a cost, all that penance we pay,
for being human, below our expectation,
and yet potential is ours to undertake,
each one of us a book yet to be written,
and so choices alone determine fate,
what we can become in growth
is ours to hold, to nurture,
and when we accept ourselves, find the love in us,
we open like a bloom in sunlight,
and follow our chosen path, finding ourselves.

Tony DeLorger © 2016

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Tony DeLorger

Full time author, freelance writer, poet and blogger since 1999. Twenty one published works, past winner of 'Poet of the Year' on HubPages, 'Poem of the Year' on The Creative Exiles, writer for Allpoetry.com, Google+, tonydwtf.blogspot.com.au
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