Poetry can give an insight to the soul of the writer. Or the reader. Poetry can touch on the feelings you don't want to admit to, and those you wish you could celebrate. On life. On time. On what it is to be you.
Here's Pieces of Me, a poetic intros...
I used to think I stood On an island adrift In an impatient sea Remote and alone With no place to call Home But now I know The island is me And I float Not adrift But drawn by Currents of hope On waves of chance And change With the horizon of my Dreams Ever closer
I used to think I was alone Isolated Afraid to drown But drawn Inexorably Down And now I know The ocean below is Resplendent With my history With my friends My family You
I used to think I stood On an island adrift In an impatient sea Now I know Impatience is excitement Is a welcome Adrift is a journey One we all must take To find ourselves To discover our future To become Ourselves To become You And Me
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No man is an island, said John Donne.
Hearing or reading this, or being told such is the case, doesn't change the fact we can feel we're exactly that. An island, adrift on a tumultuous sea. We can reach out for the hands offering to pull us back, but they can seem just out of reach, or their grip can slip, and we find ourselves further away. More lost.
It won't always be this way. Though storms can barrage you, and have you clinging on so as not to drown, calmer waters will come. Whether that be with acceptance from others or from yourself, or an opportunity to become grounded and more content, please don't push them away.
I have felt cast off. I've felt isolated. Almost worthless at times. Writing these poems, and many of my books and poems, has helped me find myself. It's helped me feel that, hey, I'm maybe not so bad. I can easily look at myself again and think that no, that's not the case and my original feelings were right, but it happens less and less.
I hope it can for you too. I hope the seas calm and the storms subside. I hope you find love, acceptance and I hope you find you.
