The Avoidant

I see you there in life

Eyes closed, thinking that suppression is expression

That ignoring the truth will make it not reality

Oh how I have been there in delusion, it is not living.

Ruled by your fear more than you know

You refuse to connect, which makes the stagnant waters grow

And I- a creature of flowing water- might soon depart

For torrential waters unknown content yet still alone.

I am connected to Everything and you are too

I wish you’d stop using technology

To dissociate and instead you made efforts to better cope

To find peace and joy in connection and in our home.

Teaching you what you need to know

Is not my role.

I herald change, transition, opportunities to grow

If you choose to heed my wisdom to soul.

I think, instead, most fight and remain blind

Denying the truth, which was there the entire time.

I challenge myself daily in what I believe,

How to be better, how to succeed.

That- effort and presence- are two requirements for growth.

So, will you grow with me?

Or will I outgrow you before

You barely start at all?