What Fits and What Does Not
Discrepant notions fall from will,
like a water splash from a feathered back,
and no matter our want,
we cannot force what does not belong,
for in the end, wrong faces us,
and in recognition we realize
what misconception has burdened us.
Yet so persistent we can be
to hold onto our wants, regardless
of the irreconcilability,
the futility of pushing to manifest
those things that do not fit
on a base level of compatibility,
and destined to cause us strife.
Often our stubbornness is our undoing,
our pushing, the strength of resistance in return,
and so often in futility
we earn the prize for stupidity,
maintaining our wants even if we know
the trouble caused,
when we arrogantly think we know better.
What fits in life, comes about seamlessly,
whereas incompatibility is weighted
by wrong, red flags of warnings bold,
when we are supposed to notice,
respond and relent,
yet often in the haze of arrogance,
we hold onto our destined failures.
Learning can be fast or slow,
dependent upon humility,
as we so push our agendas
to the point of breaking,
just to instill in us a deluded self-belief,
and the aching of a heart that pleas
for a break in contention.
Recognising what’s right or wrong for us,
is an art of considerable experience,
and what hinders the learning most is our ego,
demanding desires fulfilled at any cost,
yet it is we who are disadvantaged,
when we persist in insisting our bloated square
will fit in a tiny round hole.
Tony DeLorger © 2018
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An epiphany when we realize a truth. Well done, Tony.
Indeed, it can transform a life completely. Thanks Phyllis.