Wilma Neels Poet Free verse

'the Butterfly Within'

I always dwelled on my faults
my shortcomings
never saw the beauty others saw

hidden beneath the insecurity
falter in search of validation 
from the things and people that 
would never mean a thing

trying to hide
until that day it was easier to face the truth 

or maybe not easier just a time 
where running away and cheating myself

ripped through the core of everything that is me 
you come to a point where lying to yourself 
is not second nature anymore
trapped in a space where you know 
it’s time for change 
it’s time to take the blindfold off 

time to embrace you 
and not what others see,
not look for gratification from outside 
try to feel within, even if it means 
having to deal with pain in the now
instead of chucking it away 
and bounce around on an emotional see-saw 

©160920121608

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Ana Espinola Collins June 5, 2014 at 10:43 PM What a wonderful and wise poem... Something we should all learn from... Nicely written! :) Ana

Connie Marcum Wong June 3, 2014 at 2:18 AM I agree with your words Wilma. Experience and growing older helps an insecure person become more accepting of their value I have found. A lovely wise poem you have penned!

Joe Maverick September 16, 2012 at 11:54 PM I daresay you are not alone in these feelings Wilma; (you know I think they're a part of being here) the main thing is you working your way through the fog.. For the sun is waiting to break through.."

Michelle Mac Donald September 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM You've a courageous and cocky spirit, Wilma (I can't think of many who would sit smiling on a camel's back:)! I'm sure that it's time you embraced yourself, as others certainly do! Keep happy! Mikki

Russell Sivey September 16, 2012 at 11:23 AM These are extreme words to the wise...to tell the wise man the truth of the nature of himself! Powerful truth it is, through the powerful words you have strewn about within this excellent poem here Wilma! I truly love this incredible write my friend! Wonderful piece, Great Work!!

Andrea Dietrich September 16, 2012 at 10:48 AM Good advice for yourself and for anyone else reading this, if they have been hiding from their own truths, Wilma. I liked your symbol of the butterfly within.