Burning the enmity
within you.
what is hate?
What makes
you smile?
Conquering yourself
means knowing
who you really are.
Kingdom,
or a shadow?
Birthright,
or spoils of war?
Princeling,
or a pauper?
Do you know
what kind of life
you were meant for?
Have you considered
the very real
possibility
that you’re a stranger
to yourself,
and you don’t understand
you own
motivations,
any more than someone
you have never met?
This is where
the anger wells.
This is where
the fear flows from.
You’re been experiencing
this who life
as no one.
Every emotion,
every laugh,
and every tear,
as if they are
happening outside
of you.
All the joy,
the terror,
and the rage,
as if they were
the travails
of someone else.
You’ve compartmentalized
yourself
right out of your own life.
This is why
you can’t sleep
at night.
They’re all
someone else’s dreams.
HG – 2022
