Inspiration of a moment...

It was only a small part of this world,

a tiny place of land

that taught me so many things.

I knew who I was then,

though I never told anyone.

No one asked.

They all thought they knew,

and they left me alone.

I knew what was expected -

who they wanted me to be,

and I tried.

So many years wasted,

trying to be what I thought I should,

not who and what I was,

while inside, torn between

my two selves.

And I chose between the two,

never understanding 

there was no choice to make -

for I am always both.

Now, a new choice looms in the darkness,

in that place that hides along the edges of the eye,

just missing it, each time I look.

Until I call it into the light, 

name it, accept it, 

absorb the hidden me I have long denied.

I am no longer content with the definitions of others.

I seek to define my truth.

I read some inspiring words today from my wife, and realized something about myself.  The above is the result of that inspiration and realization.  

Thanks for reading,

Me