Jasen Ridley Poet Free verse

A Soul Exposed

You can be found
somewhere underneath
the mask of
the mundane
On that plane
beneath the sheets 
that cover your face
is the real you
The truth many don't see
because you hide behind
a false reality pretending
to be true
You developed a face
in your youth 
that protected you
from a world that
couldn't see
You were free 
once upon a time
before the ties that bind 
attached & took hold
The bold soul that came
through the portal
of what's called mom
now dons a mortal frame
You were never the same
after crossing the threshold
of that door
What's more important
is the fact that you've 
forgotten you're
more than this shell
A telling story of a soul
with more stories to tell
than it can remember
You fell faster than
a woodsman could 
yell timber in a forest
surrounded by a
chorus of trees
That left you in a place
that leaves 
nothing to salvage
but salvation lies within
The second coming
is a journey that begins
with steps toward
your true inception
Your true resurrection
is a shift in perception
of how you came to 
manifest
This is a test every soul
must pass
before breaking through
that glass ceiling
Once you've succeeded
you'll hear the chorus
singing your praises
as you've now been raised
Raised from the ground
& out of the wilderness
no longer a tree
but a seed
A seed no longer in need
of healing but one that sows
from a place forever
growing indeed
This is the catch
that's absolutely worth
the reeling because
you've now been freed

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