Monday, 20 January 2020

Shadow Boxing


Through what lens
and
From where
Have you sourced
the notion

You have
Come to know
All there is
Of another?

If honest
It would be
Evident
There are
Riddles
Concerning
Your own
Being
That 
Embody
More questions
Than answers....

If the face
In the mirror
Is continually
Presenting
As an enigma...
Not a problem
To be solved
But to be 
Sure...
A multi-faceted
Mystery

How likely
Is it
That 
You successfully
Managed 
To crack 
The code
Or another?

Presuming to know 
Their 
Heart and Soul
Even 
If once
You 
Were granted
A glimpse

Consider
The limitations
Imposed..

If 
One presumed
That which
Was revealed
Holds fast
Forever more

Consider
The suffering
You have
Created 
For yourself

As long
As 
You held
Yourself
Exiled
Within
Imagery
Comprised
Of
Stifling constriction

Nobody
Can insist
That you
Release yourself

However
There doesn't 
Exist
Justifiable cause
Or 
A
Willing soul

That
Would
Knowingly
Choose
To be confined
In 
The prison
Of your
Projections

You 
May feel 
"Safer"
Facing
A "known" enemy

Only 
To discover
There
Is no
Peace 
To be 
Found
While much 
Has been 
Lost

While engaged
In
Combat
With shadows
And
Insubstantial fabrication

R. O'Neill (January 20, 2020)

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