Thursday, November 28, 2024

The West Pacific Sunrise

 I was hanging in my weakness, 

the waves of fruitless thought.

I took the steps I had so carefully crafted, 

smashing them with shame that only I could perceive.


I saw fantastic strangers who wanted everything I wanted.

They were clinging to rafts of their creativity.

I saw them as mentors, and they saw me as theirs.

Like me, they fought for dreams, moving one thread at a time.


Photo by Aidan Kahng on Unsplash

I do not understand how I have blocked out the sound of reassurance.

I have walked the shore of self-doubt for no reason.

I saw them flying kites in the breeze, and I was astonished at their skill

They complimented my craft, and my past slapped me for listening.


When the sun lit the water then slowly touched the sky

I heard a noise that it was making, and it was fine.

I held my thoughts of self-depreciation at bay so that the work of my hands 

could prevail with the sound the sunrise makes.


I am listening now, my inner voice subdued and held down, and I am never allowed to speak.

I have heard enough of that and will now listen to your words.

The sun is rising and it is time to acknowledge that.



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