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The Bewildered One

i crave freedom no mandates no commandments

freedom that allows me to recapture the dignity that was taken

i will lessen my own exaggerated suffering

i deal with disagreeable attitiudes on a regular basis

i catch myself watching my words as so they don't slip out

                             exhaustion and frustration

at times i thought i was destined to die alone

acting on decisions forced me into them

nothing is so painful or unsurmountable than in my journey now

i realize that my insecurity and ego are curiously linked

they trigger my fears and my defects

chocked with emotion as i watch my life unfold

i am arresting my growth based on intangible

i am the creator of my own reality

i find solace from personal confusion

i wave the white flag and finally breathe again

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Yoni Dvorkis

Date: 8/13/2009 1:38:00 PM

insecurity and ego are always linked for me. that's because the ego is constantly trying to uphold itself and its principles,and it's in constant danger of not being noticed. I hope you don't mind my slight critique but I feel this could benefit tremendously from a little spelling grammar touch ups. you can paste it into MS word and run a spell check on it, that should catch most of the errors. otherwise this gets right at the heart of the human experience, I need your secret for the white flag.

Christopher Higgins

Date: 8/10/2009 10:16:00 AM

Always good to read your work my friend..powerful, strong write...hope your pen will always flow golden.