Special Gifts

Published on 14 August 2024 at 12:01

Special Gifts

Behind the veil

In the shade

Behind the smile

Behind the ruse of

Sitting idly, I listen, I watch

My mind goes astray

So many voices

So many conclusions

My mind a tool of organization

There are shelves sorting

At every moment

There are compartments destined

Directly for the garbage

There are bins for maybe with conditions

Every idea fully under scrutiny

They are not the same being

They are as different as night and day

The same in heart only

The vastness is only seen and felt

In person

Yet there is a rigidity of expectations

A boastfulness behind the agreed upon

Treatments, plans

I fight the conformity

They want me to agree directly

Afterall, I am not the one skilled

I did not have a curriculum of study

What they should see is that I've been

Schooled by the best

I've been in laboratory dissecting

The test subject all along

I am familiar with them in particular

You may tell me what the book says

I may have read it too

I am not pretending to be all-knowing

I will not always accept the prescription

That is made for everyone

I will respect you if you respect me

They were born out of my heart

Give validity to that

The voices around me

Seem to be shouting sometimes

As if that will somehow

Make them seem more right

They should be reminded that they are here

Because I asked them to be

Show yourself worthy of my request

Remove yourself from the box

Confining your thoughts to their prison

I will make a difference in the lives

That for now belong to me

Turning them over into their adulthood

You have the choice

To make the difference everyday

So silence your never-ending voices

and listen

Nothing worthy of love and kindness

Fits into your perfect indistinguishable

Boxes

Each gift is unlike the other

Each as beautiful as the other

See them clearly just as they are

Put your lenses to your eyes

They are not dim and blurry

They shine brightly as a

many faceted diamond.

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