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"Life is like a book that never ends, chapters close, but not the book." Quote by _Marianne Williamson, Author, Spiritual Leader Through most of my life I have had this never ending childlike foolish pride. Feeding on praise and boasting of my accomplishments with reckless vanity. I have crowned myself Queen in many instances and have lived in a castle that exists only in my mind. None of this is based on reality and is doomed, for it leads to being alone with narcissism. Saying to myself you are divine! I have kept people at a distance incase they figure out the truth. The truth that I am balanced on a lofty pedestal about to fall, and the facade that is me is about to shatter. So, I let go of Ego . . . on a vision quest my spirit found butterflies . . . transforming rebirth Here, now, I have been reborn through exploring the map of my life, and reading the chapters in a huge book that has been written of all my days. With the help of my spiritual animal, the butterfly, I can see the journeys, some rocky, some dark, some flat, some mountainous. I have crossed calm seas, and wandered parched deserts, traversed difficult terrains. Met Goblins in deep places. I see now that Ego was a protection from the truth, of my fear. But, here and now, I also see the courage, wisdom, strength awareness collected. I, no longer need the cloak of Ego . . . forests saturate with birds songs and flowing streams . . . look back step forward "I can now be proud without being boastful, I can just be me." Quote by _ Constance ____________________ July 06, 2022 Poetry/Haibun/Finding The Magic In Me Copyright Protected, ID 07-1471-991-06 All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France Written for the Premiere contest, Ego Shorn, Here Now Reborn sponsor, Unseeking Seeker, Judged 07/14/2022 Third Place
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