"Life is something that happens to us while we are busy doing other things"
-John Lennon
{I hope I quoted that right...I thought it'd be a good opener for this one}.
He said "Someday you'll be sick of feeling like this;
and the only way to learn...
is if you choose to live".
Beneath the sheild of misery, I replied;
"But I'm scared of what I've not yet learned;
I might fall down again!"
..."Forgive yourself, release the guilt;
and let somebody in."
I said "It's tough to chase my dreams;
I might as well give up;
I share them only with myself...
and I am too afraid.
"Patience, you must endure, it is a virtue, you see;
and this fear you have is what creates your difficult reality".
Knowing I'd been running from everything, and toward nothing-
repeatedly,the following of his words definately stuck with me;
"You've been so distracted by yesterday and tommorow,
you cannot move ahead-or live for this ONE day!"
I hung my head in guilty agreance;
as he went on to say...;
"If you're lost inside, you're lost where you are
and when you know who you are;
you'll surely find your way."
I realised at that moment that who I 'was'
was not who I wanted to be;
it was merely a mask,worn to cover the pain;
and who I am now;
who I am today-
is the person I intend to stay...
guilt-free.
I allowed this wisdom to sink into my mind...
and before I left his presence,
I stated one last reply;
"I want to LIVE again"
...knowing,that the mistakes I've not yet learned from
would come to me with time...
and with this knowledge...
I produced one last rhyme;
How lucky and broken I truly must be
to have been so lost
and immersed in misery.
For too long I have walked the most horrific path
unable to move ahead;
do to fear of repeating the mistakes of the past.
How can one move ahead, if they refuse to see
that the missteps they've taken
are yet learning tools to set them free?!
...derived from pain is this wisdom,
and from this wisdom,
beauty.
I dedicate this 'piece'to
you guys,
and to my friend'Hollywood. R'
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