Poem: Reawaken

and so it goes…

years accumulate on you

you can tell it

by expectations society holds for you

when you look yourself in the mirror

do you see how many masks you shed?

meaning of old songs still ring true

there's a sadness surrounding -

those dreams you gave up

do you still hang on to fights long gone?

sometimes you feel like a winner

other times life knocks you down

no matter how far you go,

you can't outrun yourself

can you count all the reasons you gave

to excuse yourself

from the pressure of expectations?

they sell love as a piece of paper

and they put guilt on you, if you don't have it

pushing you to bring children into the world

even if they end up in broken homes

no one can know exactly how it feels

to live in your body,

 we are all alone

experiencing tastes in our own way

we pave our roads with our senses

with memories we create

and the future we build

like gardening -

things take time to grow

and patience for a good timing

everything grows at its own pace

bury your heart into the deep of the forest

hear the thumping of feet of the wild wolf inside

- your ancestors whispering in your blood

reawaken to the possibilities you hold

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