By myself, I am reminded
Who I am, inside and out.
Not who I appear to be,
Not who I want to be,
But deep down,
Who I really am.
It takes some honest looking.
Even criticism.
And sometimes it hurts.
But it is good to know
Who we really are.
And when we’re alone,
Calm, sincere, open,
We can learn things
About ourselves
That we might never
Have realized before.
Sometimes it takes a crisis.
It does if you never reflect.
Something pushes you
To try to figure things out.
Why am I the way that I am?
And what am I going to do about it?
Sometimes you realize something
Very good about yourself.
And sometimes it is something
Not so good that concerns you.
Taking time alone to think
Can bring some startling surprises.
Poets United
Thursday Think Tank #57
Stumbling along the sidewalk 