Sunken below the surface
J u s t out of reach
Underlying everything
Motivations emotions
experiences memories
WHY do we do what we do?
The reasons you say
Think
Believe
Is that ___really___ the whole story?
Or are you neck deep in a buried river?
Caught in the currents
Of
Past pains
Future fears
Unnamed desires
Neglected needs
It happens to all of us
We can be d r i p p i n g wet and completely
unaware
Blinded to our truths
Denying our senses
Lying to ourselves
to others
Motivations are never singular
Buried rivers run deep
e
s
i
The water level may r
or
f
a
l
l
But it will never run dry
Sometimes we can read
what is written in the currents
Decipher the meaning
of our needs and fears
Other times the water is turbulent
roiling with secrets
Swirling dark and deep
pulling us under
Inherited secrets can be
preserved through time
Handed down
through the generations
Those can be the deepest buried
Hardest to uncover
to decipher
We think that if we just knew WHY
Then the waters would calm
We could breathe
See clearly
But knowing doesn’t always calm the current
to buoy us up above the water
It can help so we can keep our heads
While we seek the means
To
Heal pains
Calm fears
Recognize desires
Meet needs
Watching others being swallowed in their river feels like
Frustration
Pain
Helplessness
Especially
if they think they are standing
on dry land
And won’t accept to stay afloat
that they need help
I seek to learn
to swim in my depths
Decipher what I can
Acknowledge my truths
Have patience with secrets
that remain concealed
Each time I look below
more is revealed
Even as new
motivations emotions
experiences memories
Create new currents
And keep my river running
deep,
swift,
and true
Jan 20, 2022
Jan 20, 2022 at 6:19 PM UTC
Sunken below the surface
J u s t out of reach
Underlying everything
Motivations emotions
experiences memories
WHY do we do what we do?
The reasons you say
Think
Believe
Is that ___really___ the whole story?
Or are you neck deep in a buried river?
Caught in the currents
Of
Past pains
Future fears
Unnamed desires
Neglected needs
It happens to all of us
We can be d r i p p i n g wet and completely
unaware
Blinded to our truths
Denying our senses
Lying to ourselves
to others
Motivations are never singular
Buried rivers run deep
e
s
i
The water level may r
or
f
a
l
l
But it will never run dry
Sometimes we can read
what is written in the currents
Decipher the meaning
of our needs and fears
Other times the water is turbulent
roiling with secrets
Swirling dark and deep
pulling us under
Inherited secrets can be
preserved through time
Handed down
through the generations
Those can be the deepest buried
Hardest to uncover
to decipher
We think that if we just knew WHY
Then the waters would calm
We could breathe
See clearly
But knowing doesn’t always calm the current
to buoy us up above the water
It can help so we can keep our heads
While we seek the means
To
Heal pains
Calm fears
Recognize desires
Meet needs
Watching others being swallowed in their river feels like
Frustration
Pain
Helplessness
Especially
if they think they are standing
on dry land
And won’t accept to stay afloat
that they need help
I seek to learn
to swim in my depths
Decipher what I can
Acknowledge my truths
Have patience with secrets
that remain concealed
Each time I look below
more is revealed
Even as new
motivations emotions
experiences memories
Create new currents
And keep my river running
deep,
swift,
and true
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