Self doubt creates a slavish universe,
where we are constantly lugging our
insecurities in a backpack up a hill
that gets farther away the closer we get.
Along the way we keep looking
for disaster while trying to breathe.
Our catastrophic mind only perceiving danger,
creates a wedge between reality and self
where we only see the flaws and fractures.
Forgetting where we buried the bounty,
forgetting their is a bounty. We attempt to control
our bodies without mastering the spine.
Our souls become a membrane of
hopelessness, happy to reveal all we are not.
Our foolish spirits chose to adhere.
In our hand we hold a gun and a map of our head.
We journey on trying to find our way
with a broken flashlight, forgetting to
open our eyes, we cut our foot
on a shattered mirror. Briefly, we stand still,
and await clarity’s arrival. Satisfied. We turn and
head back towards self worth.
Finally, remembering, we hid the key
to the treasure chest
in perception’s drawer.
-Tosha Michelle
Finally, remembering, we hide the key
to the treasure chest
in perception’s drawer.
….pencil….
❤
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Hell yeah! I got a pencil out of Eric.
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I want to say more..but this one..particularly the last part…kinda stunned me. 🙂 ❤ you’re amazing.
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I don’t know about that. However, you’re definitely one of the sweetest.
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❤
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Thank you.
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Another person’s reality, can be another imaginary
lost unique fantasy…
Fact’s within reality, throughout humanity
are overlooked, passed over, which
still doesn’t make an untruth!
chris
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Moderation?
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Everything
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Great Post
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Thank you
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Deep!
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xx
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Once again your talent and wisdom, amaze me. 🙂
So many lines hit home,”happy to reveal all we not.”
The human mind capable of almost anything, often chooses the course it’s own destruction. Risks are part of life.
Recollections of failure are a slow death.
Many keys found in the depths of understanding. Thanks for sharing this. ♡
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Thank you for reading! I hope your date went really well.
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Clarity and self worth- thanks for pointing me back in the right direction, Tosha. Love.
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🙂 You’re welcome xx
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Profound and stimulating. Yes we hold the key. The sooner we ralize that, the sooner we find the happiness we seek. You never disappoint.
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Thank you, Andrew xx
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xoxo
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Great writing Michelle ;)x
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Thank you xx
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We attempt to control
our bodies without mastering the spine.
Our souls become a membrane of
hopelessness, happy to reveal all we are not.
wow!! That deeply hit right at home.
So profound and at the same time finding our way towards happiness.
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Thank you so much.
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You’re welcome, Tosha.
🙂
Say, I got a new poem up. This one will make your head question. 🙂
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I have no doubt. 😉
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frightening
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Reblogged this on wwwpalfitness.
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome
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Tosha, this is quite a nice piece. I always look forward to reading your stuff. Would you kindly click on the link below and read “I Shattered Like Glass” and let me know what you think?
https://theaccidentalpoet.net/?s=shattered
Looking forward to your feedback.
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Thank you. Of course, I will. xx
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Your perception seems to be rather good! I can particularly identify with the ending, I remember one time I was besotted with this girl, who happened to be a vegetarian, I was opening a can of corned beef, and thinking to myself, Ha,ha, she’ll never know! And right at that moment, I actually saw my finger move and cut itself on the tin! Well, of course, at this point I “knew” it to be true! ❤ XX
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Ouch! 🙂
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Really, really nice work.
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Thank you!
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Brilliant. Truth in eloquence. You are a stunner, inside and out. ❤
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As are you xo
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The backpack has got to go! Beautiful write! ~ Mia 😉
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It does! Thank you. xo
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You’re welcome, have a great day! ❤
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You too
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Self doubt is awful.
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Professor, it truly is.
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We should kill it, then burn it at the stake, then hang it, I say.
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Every day’s a struggle, but I’m prepared to engage in battle.:)
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Keep striving.
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Love this! The road to finding oneself can be very steep and rigged with dangers that are only within our own mind. Great write Tosha. xoxo
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Thank you!
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Welcome 🙂
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I forgot to add that you have such a beautiful mind 🙂
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Thank you. As do you
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Welcome and thanks 😀
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I think we can all relate to some form of self-doubt or another. I experience far too often. I love this: “Finally, remembering, we hid the key
to the treasure chest
in perception’s drawer.”
It’s all amazing and profound, but I like the latter the most. Very nicely done!
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Thank you. Let’s kick self doubt in the teeth! 🙂
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Excellent!
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Thank you
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Excellent!!!
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Thank you
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