Friday 2 April 2021

It's Got to Be You!

You 
Can be
Forgiven
For 
Believing
You 
"Should" 
Or
Must
Suck it up

But 
Can you?
Will you?
Forgive
You?

Why?
In 
The name
Of 
All that 
Is holy...

Would 
You 
Subject yourself
To 
The 
Entirely
Misguided
Dogmatic insistence
Of
"Social" agreement
To
Ignore, repress 
Dismiss or minimize
Your own
Human suffering?

Stop 
Please
Just stop!

Anytime
You 
Hear 
"Get over it.."
"Oh that's not so bad..."
"It could be worse..."
Etc.


You 
Are hearing
Reflected..

Habituated
Lack of willingness
or 
Ability
To Love (Yourself)

It's 
There and then
A cross-road
Presents

You can 
Tell yourself
That you 
Matter
(the all of
your experience)

Rather than
Continue
To terrorize
And demean
The 
Very parts
Of 
Yourself
That are 
Yearning
For your
Love
(and only 
your love)

Nobody
Gets to
Define
The depth
And 
Scope 
Of 
Your love 
For yourself

What 
It looks 
Like
or
That it's 
Merited

Don't 
Look 
To others
For 
Your example

Be 
The 
Example
And
Loving
Embodiment
For 
Yourself....


R.  O'Neill (April 02, 2021)

 

Reveille

What 
Beckons
At 3 a.m.
While
One
Otherwise
Is surrounded
By
The collective
Slumber
Of
Those
Quenching
The exhaustion
Of
Force-fed
Acquiescence
and
Rampant conformity

Creation
Itself
Will not
Be 
Thwarted
Despite
Being
Forgone
For 
Your dubious
Daily
"To-Do List"

How much
Will
The world
Benefit
From 
You
Claiming
Another 
Hour of 
Sleep?

Listen
Be guided
Embrace
Rather than
Toss
Turn
Resist

Will
You reach
For 
Sedation
While
From
Within
You 
Are being
Called
By
Creation?

Will 
You 
Answer
The call
Or
Flail
In search
Of
A
Continued
Snooze?


R. O'Neill (April 02, 2021)