The Definition of Self
The definition of self:
Is in the acknowledgement of self-wealth
Understanding the value of one's worth
Between the divinity of death and birth
Not as scrounging creatures in this dirty earth
But as lords, ladies; master; mistresses;
Kings; queens; gods and goddesses
Of a boundless and limitless universe
Putting an inverse to the suggested perimeters of one's mind
Having to mind the fickle fragile emotions that lag behind
Refine by "father time" under God's design
Where morals reside and combined
With breathing: the intake of what's good and exhaling the bad
It's so sad we aren't glad that we survived
Our hardest moments when our hearts get broken;
Lives are taken with tears soaked an'
We kill ourselves with our so called
"Distant, Destined Dreams and Schemes"
Which we want at that moment, which comes with
"Fame and Fortune Forgetting Fatigue and Fatality"
That's when the gravity of reality draws us back to sanity;
Constantly pulling us down when we want to succeed;
Giving us doubt when we want to achieve;
Losing our faith when we want to believe
That in life there are a lot of treasures to retrieve
That's why I'll believe this is a summary of the life we lead
And proceed to sow these evil seeds
In other people's gardens but when done to us we don't give pardons
And I have to end where I started that...
"The definition of self:
Is in the acknowledgement of self-wealth,
Understanding the value of one's worth
Between the divinity of death and birth
Not as scrounging creatures in this dirty earth"
Copyright © Siza Sibiya | Year Posted 2013
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