A Coming of Age

by Jeffrey Mark Felton - Cancer

There comes a time 
when we reconcile ourselves 
to understand one another’s weaknesses 
and to trust one another’s strengths 
A time when we find the courage to love 
and be loved as our truest selves 
or to lose love, as the case may be

We come to a place 
where we decide to accept or refuse 
whatever we may choose for ourselves… 
A place where we are contented 
not to be chosen or accepted by everyone
because we have chosen to accept ourselves 
such as we are, or may never be

There comes a day 
in which it seems feasible to see with our own eyes 
from our own unique perspectives 
so as to decipher the truth from reality… 
A day when we look outside ourselves and see that we  
are each but a single hue in a broad spectrum
and visible contingent on the peculiarities of a prism

We come to an age 
that we no longer require someone’s everything anymore 
but rather, we have need to give of ourselves 
to someone or something other than ourselves… 
That age when childish vanities
and preoccupation with the self 
are no longer fascinating; no longer necessary 

Reason for writing:

    Based on a song written by a friend, Myronkeith Miller, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?    

Birth sign: Cancer
Date created: 2000-09-26 13:17:47
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:45
Poem ID: 57724

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