Seeking Self

All I needed was to be needed,
so I would awkwardly try to please,
doing helpful tasks to be greeted,
but, my efforts only got me teased.

By all odds, I wished to get on line,
I wanted to laugh, and sing their song,
but my attempts were treated as whines,
I was so not destined to belong.

So I quit trying to please others,
stopped waiting for them to accept me,
began to realize their druthers,
was enlightened it could never be.

Alone, I searched a different way,
a special life sculptured for myself,
it must be honest and laws obeyed,
no common stroke, borrowed off the shelf.

Somehow decided to just be me,
to follow my heart and my feelings,
to live my life and let others be,
there couldn’t be any fake dealings.

Preferred to go where the wind chases,
and high water leaps in briny foam,
I saw weird people in strange places,
learned odd ideas wherever I roamed.

I gathered fast winds in my pocket,
Ocean waves rippled ‘neath my red boots,
I rambled with the ancient prophets,
but, I’ve no longing to plant my roots.

Holding knowledge of eternity,
I sought to put wisdom in my life,
we humans need a fraternity,
founded on sweet harmony, not strife.

I gained knowledge, but savvy, little,
my journey brought questions, few answers,
life is ultra complex, and brittle,
truth be known by fortunate chances.

I now will listen to others views,
consider them as good as my own,
read and analyze the breaking news,
my obsession be the great unknown.

Apprising my needing to belong,
I’m quickly accepted where I roam,
passers wish to acknowledge my song,
many faraway lands I call home.

Emerged satisfied as my own man,
belonging to All-That-Is Oneness,
love “all others” has gained a new fan,
filled with compassionate abundance.

Lekatt

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