You Are Yourself Poem by Adrian Wait

In the sea of sound
Distraction rules
Life is from, through
And to, within our grasp
The longest journey
To find the closest thing
You are Yourself

Wise in our own reflection
Love withheld, withdrawn,
Reveals injustice
And lack of mercy
From no one, through no one…
words upon the page
You are yourself

Self reliant, alone or cold
Two far better than one
The listener is heard
Know yourself,
For on this journey
Others are revealed, when
You are Yourself

The unheard echo of isolation
Under the strawberry rust
Of dying autumn skies
Beckons…’Come’ …listen,
Love awaits in silence
A Still small voice affirms
You are Yourself