What You See Is The Inner Me Poem by louis rams

i have lived and i have died
i have loved and i have cried
i have done all that the human heart desires
i have set my inner soul on fire

i have done all these things
and now i know i'm free.

freedom to go outside of my shell
and search this world over
for we are all getting older.

we have looked all our lives
to fulfill our wants and desires

but what i failed to see is the beauty within me.
it is not what is outside of the shell
that we really need.

that is just what humanity wanted
when they planted that tiny seed.

our wants, desires, loves, have been rolled into one
ball of rubber bands, and we have
to take it apart band by band
but! we do it with the LORDS helping hand.

i have found such a profound abundance of love
growing deeper and stronger within me
that it can not compare, but of something
that should be shared.

you have to look into your inner being
so you could see what i am seeing.

you have to sit and look deep into
your soul and be true to yourself,
because there is no one else.

and when you have searched so deep
that you can not search any further
then everything falls in order.

everything that you have searched for
all of your life, and all of your struggles and strife
was laying inside of your shell
and it is doing very well.