Displaced Placed
Displaced Placed
Born somewhere
Bred elsewhere
Wed where
not here
not there
somewhere
some place
Elsewhere
not here
not there
Lived there
Lived here
lived for them
Left alone
by them
neither here
Nor there
not here
not there
nowhere
Live not alone
yet for self
by self
Talk to Self
in self
Hope to be
not here
not there
self merged
within self
Everywhere
self
within self
by self
for self
up self
down self
displaced
placed
blissful self
Add on by friend fondly named Reflector
My world begins and ends with my self…
I exist therefore everything else exists…
if I am not there
things can keep existing but
they have no meaning for me…
it is self everywhere
~~ ~~ ~~ Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle.
It is extinguishing of the flame because day is come.
Rabindranath Tagore
Originally Published: March 14, 2010
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THE UNVEILING
The Unveiling
Willfully bared veils
Delusional, dropped
Props propping self image
For edification, cropped
Mental enhancers bottled
Unceremoniously throttled
Body shorn of all pseudo baubles
Stood stark proud without coddles
Eden is within and the apple n the serpent
Poison of temptations n sins are what I repent
Skeletal framework thus salvaged
Glistened, still not fully ravaged
Temple of my spirit thus redeemed
Glowed unhindered as I’d dreamed
Light as a feather free unencumbered
Pricking conscience no longer censured
Unveiling journey was hardest one yet
Ripped guts to cut chaff and core beget
Am I selfish, callous, an uncaring iconoclast?
Dregs are true me, rest knowingly I did shed
Today what you see n what I see is what you get
No shams no primping no pimping and no regret
All blemishes, scars, wounds, reprisals, pain
Let go, allowing self to heal, paradise regain
Unveiling journey inwards has finally culminated
I retrospect with peace in heart, vision amended
Originally Published: December 28, 2009
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