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Dare to be more

There are days of sun, and days of rain,

and days where the wind

will press your soul almost to extinction.

Let things be, that will be.

 

Real thoughts are mindless thoughts.

Thoughts of the heart, of the skin,

a wink of an eye, the blink of both.

All meaning exactly what they mean.

 

Just be yourself, your thoughtless self.

Be selfish, negligent, foolish, reckless.

Who cares! Be whatever you wish,

whatever you are able to be.

Just be you and accept you.

 

Then change, if you may.

We are made from changes!

Remember, there are days of sun, and days of rain,

and those special days where the wind made you grow.

So, be the sunflower that welcomes the sun,

be the tulip that merrily swigs from the rain,

be the overgrown grass that bends and whistles as the wind runs by.

Be a little of them all,

and, who knows, if you can,

dare to be more.

 

Poems are not meant to be explained,

but I will do just that.

You are your heart, your skin, your eyes,

but not your thoughts:

try to be your physical self, your thoughtless self,

and everything will always be alright.

You are the animal in you, the plant in you, the god in you.

You are all of these things, they are all you.

And you are so much more!

 

So, now, go on with your day, go on with your life,

and even go on, if you must, with your after-life.

But as you go, from now on,

tilt your head a little higher, and breathe a little deeper.

For, now you know: you are alive,

and that, in itself, is what’s divine.

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