You ~ Feb 6 2013
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The true
challenge
to finding
you
is to reach
inside...
and take count of
everything
in there
to analyze
each part
and decide
if it is
worth
keeping
or not-
rid the old
burn the wicked
Love the good
when that is done
and only then
will you
find
you
​
Shedding ~ August 29 2012
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I lay and wait
For it all to drain out
Patiently
Anxiously
With anticipation
I see it moving
Slothingly
Unwillingly
Evicted
But resigned
To go
I want to shake
To move it
Faster
But I hold back
And allow it
To move as it will
It is not a choice
But reality
Its time
It will go
To find a new reside
No mourning
Just relief
As my lungs
Seep into the empty spaces
And breath….
A new life
It is gone
Broken ~August 29 2012
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Would it make you happy
If I broke
Would you rise and cheer
And Holler
Would I make your day
Would that make you a winner
Or would you cry
If you knew
That It would not take much
To blow me over
To bleed me out
To un -exist
Would that get your attention
Would it matter
Or
Would I steal your thunder
Would I drain your will
Would I ruin your day
If you knew
You could not take the credit
Sometimes I sit
In this body
A body that is not mine
And yet
It holds a billion pieces of me together
Like a stranger helping with groceries
Like a young boy throwing a stone
My fate is in the wind
And yet
More then anything
I want you to see
That these lungs have air
This mind has thoughts
This heart has fire
And that we search
For the same things
Close and yet so far
Staring you in the face
A reflection of your freedom
And I ask you
Would it make you happy
If I broke
August 29/2012 ~ If You Want To Know Me
If You Want To Know Me
If you want to know me
Please speak gentle with me
For I have a fear of being me
I have a fear of being judged
Of being not liked
Of being laughed at
Of being embarrassed
Of never being enough
I have a fear of being me
You must know
That with one kind word
You could crack the barrier
That hides my soul
But I still might not let you in
Because I have been shamed
Into believing
That what’s inside of me
Is not valuable
And yet secretly
I know I have something
Powerful
A knowing that encouragingly
Pushes me to long
To set myself free
I believe that everyone
Yearns for the same thing
But we are all too afraid
To show our true souls
So we continue the charade
And pretend that it doesn’t matter
We live on the outside
This unreal facade of rules
And judgements and fallacies
Things that don’t matter
And we suffer
Never really getting in touch
With what really matters
If the outside world
Ceased to exist
And our thoughts were not drained
With uselessness
We would just be
And that is the freedom
That exists in all of us
So you can continue
To live amidst the rubble
Of the outside world
Or you can scrape away all of the debris
And simply-be you-
Be real
Be kind
Be gentle
Without any effort at all
You will fly
You will be
With no fear
You will fly
Written by Gabriel Free