Wednesday, August 25, 2021

On not being oneself - today's poem

On not being oneself

 

Oneself who wasn’t one

but instead was a tree

likely was someone else

to begin with, not a self

but more of a woodland elf

and not a munchkin cowboy

 

By living in the plant world

one such one lacks insight

outright dismissed and is so

to the point where it hurts

and no one sees the truth

punching and roping cattle

 

One who also wasn’t oneself

or who was more apt to be a bloom

was unlikely to be someone else

yet lacking outright insight

but perfectly home on the range

couldn’t point to where it hurt

 

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