coming home to one's self
at the heart of human development,
each journey into figuring out the self
that is who we are,
that is who we are when we are true
to what is most us at the most basic,
we can then celebrate with this realization:
"I get to be the me who I've always been."
with thanks to Erin Linn's insights
by Henry H. Walker
April 21, ‘24
the challenge of the social
Who are we?
Covid slapped us in the face
and shut down way after way
through which we found ourselves, expressed ourselves,
released the larger "we" which is also us,
somehow through relationship with the other
we release who we are,
each of us is unique,
a self gifted with strengths and weaknesses,
we fear to be seen,
and we crave to be seen,
somehow we need to touch the other's soul,
and to be touched in return,
we each need validation that we are worth our salt,
that there's something special about us,
while we also need to realize that all are special,
it is hard for me to appreciate the ones
who find themselves in the coarse,
the outlandish, the too assertive,
I feel for those whose sense of self limits them
in how "out there" they can be,
the introvert, and the extrovert,
jockey for position within all of us,
we all contain multitudes,
and it's hard to tell whose turn
it should be, to be.
by Henry H. Walker
April 19, ‘24
