[Poem - With Audio] The Real Me

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Time and observation paved the way for me to see,
The reason for the lack of peace, and disquiet haunting me.

I came to know that all along I’d been lying to myself,
Convinced I was I spoke the truth, in honesty I thought.
But I had really fooled myself, in confusion I was caught.
The person that I thought I was, was truly not my Self…

When I was quiet and alone, something deep and subtle spoke;
The trappings of my life I saw, so shallow, mere illusion,
Because I’d thought my life was them, but I finally awoke,

And discovered I was free of things, and all the thoughts I’d entertained,
Were not the essence of my life—I’d been programmed, I’d been trained,

Yes, robbed of peace and innocence by a world that gripped my thinking,
Held in its sway so very long, I was lost and sinking.

But in searching for the reasons, the truth finally came through,
Shined in my heart and cleared my mind: an inner peace came, too.

Something deep and subtle speaks, when I am quiet and alone,
And I see the beauty of my Self, through no eyes but my own…

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Note: I've been encouraged by some of the feedback I've gotten, so my plan is to continue re-posting poems from the last several months, but now including an audio clip going forward. I'll also be sprinkling in some new (or at least previously unpublished) poems here and there.