Power You Acquire [rev.] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

This deep wound is proof that what you thought
IS true, no special power seems to look out for
you except to extend your life; anything feared
manifests eventually, helping you find requisite
evidence for believing in a life lost at birth

Yet you're free to change this view as the love
of all of us reaches out to fill your empty heart
and heal aching wounds; take the hands we hold
out surrounding you with love, steep in it, keep
your abode safe, follow rules that suit you

Recall past events only in so far as they fill your
mind with happiness, don't be cruel to yourself,
be kind and affectionate since therein lies the
forgiving power you're free to use and offer
to everyone who has ever offended you

It'll free you of your mind's confused quagmire,
will lead you to the love we all aspire to offer as
we try to salve your mind with the touch of our
understanding shown in affection towards you,
knowing there's a definite purpose in life

To be fulfilled - and we are ready to play the
roles you choose to assign to every one of us