Friday, September 6, 2019

What Can I Do Today?

A free verse poem
published on Medium 9.5.19 

In silence, I sit,
seeking significant moments
of awakened realizations.

It’s divine to be alone,
to celebrate a coming home — 
a delectable return to self-awareness.

Before me lies the world,
in all its burning glory.
My heart is heavy with acceptance
of the failed human story.

My hands bleed.
I am guilty of mindless capitalism,
trapped in nihilism,
reaching for answers in the status quo.

In silence, I sit,
seeking ego validation,
wanting my solitary actions
to have meaningful intention.

Going within,
I spin into anticipated potential
and own personal responsibility
for choices I have made.

Perception changes
when I climb out of stagnation,
release ego,
and move to focused action.

I sit in silence
and contemplate my words and my power.
I reclaim my feminine and ask Earth Mother,
What can I do today?

© K. A. Bennett 2019. All rights reserved.