Poem: Personal Growth and Sunshine – 31/01/21

The sunshine drips through my windowpane, 
illuminating, brightening, my heart, my mind, 
I am finally at peace, 
there’s no need to search nor find, 
I am satisfied, satisfied 
with the breath of my life, 
my soul it feels so light and kind. 

Nevermore will I search arduously, 
high and low, 
painful, the path impatient but slow 
for completion through others, 
through acceptance and approval, 
why, what is the point in it all?

External throes, 
moments wrestling in mental snow, 
lack of understanding in ways that weren’t meant to be known. 

I am within my aura of acceptance, 
there’s a certain feeling of knowing and being, 
truth and understanding,
being comfortable within oneself is actually somewhat amazing, 
this growth has occurred seemingly quickly, 
but it has been many years in stagnant making, 
unseen anticipation, 

and now I’m finally here, 
it’s time to work on others things, 
but always being thankful and grateful for everything I have, 
and the events, trials and tribulations I’ve experienced and seen, 

I must know that there were others playing supportive hands too, 
but most of all, 
maturity and experiences have helped me make it through,
I am blessed, 
not the member of a group who felt unfairly damned.

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