National Poetry Month, V. 7.0, Day 27

Today's offering is something I've been tossing around for a little while, and has been an integral part of my health and fitness journey.  The idea is simple enough: exploring the connection between the selves:  physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental.  Some might say that's too many selves, but here's my reasoning:  The physical self is easy to understand - the body.  Emotional is pure "feeling," spiritual is that part of us that transcends mere human existence, and mental, is, of course, the logical, practical side of us all.  You can share this concept or not - it really doesn't matter to me - but this is an attempt to begin addressing these inner relationships.  I'm not sure where I will go with this concept - it might be something I take further and do a LOT of work on, and it might be a short-lived project.  I really don't know.  It is still an idea yet in progress.  On my journey, though, I have found these relationships changing significantly, and their interdependence upon one another, a thing of beauty.

Thanks for reading,

Me

less and more

there was more of me,
a long time ago, now.
i saw a picture the other day,
and barely recognized my face,
so young, so troubled,
so full of self-loathing and fears,
round in ways i never liked.

there is less of me, now.
hard work and effort have brought me
back to health,
and though i still carry some of the fears,
and even some of the self-loathing,
though i am less,
i have become more.