# 517: Just Being

Silke Schmidt
2 min readFeb 21, 2024

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Poem

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Restlessness,

all life long,

from one thing

to the next.

Chasing success

Spinning strategies

All for others

Losing self.

What is fun?

Forgot it.

Always goals

When hating goals

Fucking brain

Know what’s wrong

No exit

Until awakening

Love you

The way you are

No need to heal

No need to run

Just being?

So easy?

Knew it before

No way to live it

Wanna start anew

Leave behind the past

All the shadows

That make me beautiful

The inner child

May be

And the grown up

May be

Don’t give a shit

if I am crazy

in your eyes

will not change

for you

or for others

not even for me

can just be

who I am

No regrets

And no need

To be strong

Want to be weak

In your arms

When I hug myself

Confidence is a word

Hard to know

When you run

Tears falling down

The smiling cheeks.

God, please

Be there

In my new life

I know you will

Because I trust

Welcome in the future

Without missing the now

I love you

Dearest me

Kiss me

Every day

I feel you now

And I thank life

For every step

Of the rocky road

All of you

I was running after

You were mirrors

Of my shell

Now the flower shines

In many colors

And I have no idea

What happens next

Really open

Welcoming surprise

Saying no

To the old

Embracing warmth

Oh, happy day

Amazing grace

Finally found me

To be myself

THANK YOU to CvL

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