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Self-Acceptance

by Venkat

As the earth spins around

Feelings atop a velvet moon

Speaking to sensations unbound

In the cosmos of God’s tune

I slip into another universe

Wearing one more pretension

Yet with my fears I traverse

Holding my scattered emotion

Trying to grip my self-image

As water in a hand’s clasp

The root of my rage

Seems forever out of grasp

A constant self-image to the eye

Morphs to a fragile glass

How long can I pretend and lie?

At every crossroad I pass

Mind’s invention of self

Cannot be written on rock

It expires in moments at the shelf

With only myself to mock

Until I accept the fool in me

Or the heavenly wisdom within

I cannot untangle, be blame free

Or from traps of self-image, win

© Venkat

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Posted on December 9, 2013 at 12:29 PM in Poetry, Venkat   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL

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10 Comments to “Self-Acceptance”

    
  1. Peter Notehelfer
    December 9, 2013 at 2:26 PM

    Thank you for the thoughtful, self-reflective, and honest poem, Venkat! It moved me . . .

    Reply
  2. bronwynschroeder
    December 9, 2013 at 3:14 PM

    so am I supposed to be the bridge?

    Reply
  3. bronwynschroeder
    December 9, 2013 at 3:15 PM

    have I won yet, because I want to win.

    Reply
  4. bronwynschroeder
    December 9, 2013 at 3:15 PM

    its the Irish in my veins, non?

    Reply
  6. Caddo
    December 9, 2013 at 8:37 PM

    The 3rd stanza especially intrigued me.

    Reply
  7. jaybluepoems
    December 10, 2013 at 4:43 AM

    Well done. I especially like the self analysis, or de-construction to resolve on that personal truth. Nice.

    Reply
  8. Venkat
    December 10, 2013 at 11:22 AM

    Thanks for your thoughts. Many times I find thoughts get clarified better during the process of writing.

    Reply
    

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