It’s NOT my job to make YOU
like me!!
Passengers on this journey
we glide by barely edging
past each other’s comfort zone…
do not suffocate me with your
useless breathiness of mundane words
I admire your attempt to shine
Your success is yours alone.
Leave me to my silence and quiet resolve,
my strength is fortified by this wall of invisibility.
Do not drop a tear from your eye
there is no sadness glistening in the
depths of being alone.
Peace fills the space where I breathe
each corner crowded with the haughty reflection
of the ego’s demise.
Friend you are a piece of the puzzle I
barely recognize as my own.
We are separate yet strangely connected
rounded and pointed, colorful and drab.
Sounds speak from your mouth, I hear only
the mumbling of despair, do not continue
I cannot uphold your Truth, I believe in me
and send you on your way.
Our paths do not intertwine we slip through
the veil of pretentious greetings.
I bow to compassion yet stand tall in acceptance
of moments never bonded.
I surrender releasing judgment of any unbridled thought
that has caused you harm.
It is not my job to make you like me!
One Wise Woman Says 