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"Acceptance"

Tick-tock of the clock

Time is running out

It feels like everything is moving quickly

I don't know what this is about.

 

I've lost control

Though really I never had it

Just an illusion I created

Another bad habit.

 

I fear getting older

I feel I'm not young enough

I want to grow up, I want to get out

Break free, a diamond in the rough.

 

Shine me up, sparkly

Rub down all my edges; smooth so smooth

Round off all my corners

Encourage me to move, move, move.

 

Push me! Shove me!

Get me going

Touch me the right way

Get the juices flowing.

 

Excite me, entice me!

Then burn me out

Let the wax run hot

Down, down, all about.

 

Change.

I hate it. I hate it.

I love it. I love it.

A love-hate relationship.

 

The lack of control

When change happens

Is terrifying

And nerve-wracking

 

But I accept everything as is

I've learned to let things go

Even though I burn hot, so hot

I let my wax flow.

 

Free, so free

I'd love to be

Trapped, very trapped

But now I see.

 

There's a *** of gold at the end of every rainbow

Though it's never found

It's a hope to grasp onto

A reason to keep your head above the water so as to not drown.

 

And eventually, metaphorically

I will find that *** of gold

My wax will run to the end of the wick

And everything I have will be old.

 

And with the old I will know

More than I've ever known

But until that I day, I must say

I have a lot, so far, that's grown.

 

So let the wax burn

Let the change exist

I will allow the loss of control

And the passing of time will persist.

 

Acceptance.

It's so hard, but so nice.

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Jan 4, 2011
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