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I Lose Myself


"I Lose Myself" 

we wander,
most of us,
lost in ourselves
for a short time;

some trip on 
sweet things only
too terrified to confront
the real things

the real things
don’t taste as nice,
don’t feel as nice,
we wonder in ourselves;

we wander
most of us
wondering
lost in ourselves

for a short time
only 
for a short time
we are here;

we lose ourselves;

the answers 
arrive when time
seems limited 
face to the door 

closed
opening;

we lose ourselves
in the physical world
the questions resolved
not in this time

answers arrive 

when we leave
our self.

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)

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Lady Labyrinth

February 5, 2023 at 1:21 AM

"When you are very, very different, people just don't not understand you, they misunderstand you. They try to understand you from the confines of their own paradigm and so; they can't really see you or hear you or feel you or interact with you. They can only interact with their own conceptualisations (mostly projections) of you."

Sally Eslinger

February 4, 2023 at 8:29 PM

Hi again. A wondering piece of internal including external losing and finding. For me those mix, match, blend, catch, even waylay.But, i’m old lately, with a still child=like present wonder. Just realize that while within is complex, the cosmos is serious, really seriouser, even, if we dare say, seriousest…hmmm. Thought provoking poem! Kindest wishes, sally

Lady Labyrinth

February 5, 2023 at 1:27 AM

Thanks Sally. I found the psychology of the art piece fascinating and relevant for most. Your comments above are thought provoking. While some age they maintain a child-like presence and this is to be embraced; it is also important to understand some children whether natural or forced to view the world as adult in order to survive, are thrust prematurely into observing the world as an 'adult', and whether they interpret such maturity with the 'normal' clarity an adult would have, at times in their life when they shouldn't be concerned with adult ways/things but enjoying childish innocent pleasures, is a failing of the adults around them - this is a part of reality (sadly);

Lady Labyrinth

February 5, 2023 at 1:08 AM

how children overcome the early loss of their childhood, has the ability to either break or sustain them (for those who understand there is a strength in surviving, tools to use to build a better life, if you will). Some are broken and never return to a normal life or as an adult are even able to distinguish how to embrace a child-like wonder. Some make it through, at great cost and expense to their life and others (i.e. a great chunk of time lost). Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find yourself.