a poem for authenticity | taking the masks off

[mountainjewel]

I love you when you speak your truth

I love it when you’re real

I love it when you take the masks off
And tell me how you really feel

I love you when you’re blue
And when you’re over the moon

I love it when you speak your mind
Because you truly are one of a kind

No one can do you better than you

So cast off those shoulds
Be rid of the fears
Of taking up too much space
Or switching gears

Be rid of the smiling face
When all you want is to frown
Let go of the need to act
When you’re feeling down

Embrace your unique offering
Of yourself in this perfect moment
Just as you are

Feel no need to be
Anything other than
You
As you unfurl
As you unfold
As you discover
As you remold

Mercurial nature of being
I accept and love all of your guises
Some may be easier than others
But I love you all of the time

So let the ball drop
Let the cards fall where they may
Let your true ever changing nature
Lead the way

<3

A poem
For the authentic within us all
May we love it into being

Comments

[carey-page]

Absolutely beautiful. Something to live by.

"So let the ball drop
Let the cards fall where they may
Let your true ever changing nature
Lead the way"

This is so true. Maybe one day if this happens on a large scale our world will be a different place to live in.

[mountainjewel]

Thank you @carey-page <3

Maybe one day if this happens on a large scale our world will be a different place to live in.

May it be so!

[whitelightxpress]

That is really lovely, and speaks to us all at many levels!
May be all drop the masks and find the courage to be simply ourselves.

Bright Blessings!

[mountainjewel]

Thank you @whitelightxpress <3

Yes!

May be all drop the masks and find the courage to be simply ourselves.

<3 Blessings

[soulturtle]

Beautifully written. I loved the ending line. Perhaps, also there are myriad people within us waiting to be discovered too. More like a snake shedding it's skin than wearing a mask, and finding our authenticity is what causes the skin to shed. I love the meaning behind this, it made me think.

[mountainjewel]

I'm glad it made you think for your lines make me think :D

More like a snake shedding it's skin than wearing a mask

.... Yes... Exactly! Now I have something to ponder ;)

[pablop]

Is that you making the art work? Always wanted to try that.

[mountainjewel]

It is. I went to a skill-sharing gathering in Altadena, California while I was living there and an artist was offering that opportunity. Couldn't pass it up.

[pablop]

Way cool!

[highfrequencies]

"May we love it into being."
And may we do that in a collaboration of kindness.

[mountainjewel]

Collaboration of kindness, love it! Like a domino effect~~~<3

[vibeof100monkeys]

Nicely written and wise words there 💯🐒

[mountainjewel]

thanks!! @vibeof100monkeys :D