Awakening...

Awake
Breath of dawn
Shifting into
Thoughts of movement
Style and focus.

Trying to find
Words to flow
Trying to ignite
The voice of passion.

Looking for my friend
Where I have denied him
Kept him hidden
Behind plans and obligations
Kept him sleeping
Within my tightened breast.

An angel afraid of flying
A fish afraid of swimming
A star afraid of the light.

I dash into doorways
And whisper excuses
I enter the celebration
But never stay long
Never find the way
To stay for eternity.

Trapped by my own
Definitions and demands
Trapped into thinking
That I am the jailer
That I have the power
To keep this soul captive.

Such arrogance
To think that I
Could hold the oceans
Such insanity
To think that I
Could keep the starlight
When vision is mine
For the mere task of asking.

These words are mere keys
To finding that truth
Discarding my fears
By singing the chorus
Of connection and wisdom.

The voice within me rises
And smiles its welcome
For I was the one
Who was sleeping
I was the one
Who was dreaming.

Here is where I live
And here is where
I have never left.

The return is one
Of perception
And acceptance
Commitment
And sacrifice.

Giving up
My own damnation
Giving up
My comfortable faults
Giving up
And growing up.

I rise
Breath of dawn
Shifting into
Thoughts of connection
And radiance
Vibrating
With the energy
Of all.