Let Yourself See | Black Sheep Poetry

"One day, you will find yourself falling back to earth."

Black Sheep Poetry is a weekly reflection along the lonely road away from collective chaos. Standing tall in a culture pushing us to make our individuality second to the group doesn’t just require intellectual strength, but emotional fortitude.

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Let Yourself See

Here,
There is no need to meditate.
No need to shut your eyes
Or clear your mind of mundane frustrations 
Of life.
Here,
The earth does it for you.
Take it all in.

Here,
Where wind meets water
Then meets your skin;
Gently
Humming and splashing
As water laps against the shore.

Here,
Where mighty trees grow tall
On rock mounds born eons ago.
Standing formidably,
Barricading you from the wider world,
Immersing you in their strength.

But here,
Where the water meets the land
Tree roots struggle to hold.
Time, wind, and water pull land from beneath them
Slowly eroding their stability
They fall towards inevitability.

So many years
So much energy
To build a solid base.
Reaching up towards the sky 
While all you’ve built beneath
Goes washing by.

One day, gravity will win.
One day, you will find yourself 
Falling back to earth
Splashing into eternity.

Here,
There is no need to meditate.
You must open your eyes
And take it all in.

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