Accept or Perish Empty

Accept or Perish Empty

By Tony DeLorger © 2012

Irrevocable my sense of right and perception,

swayed only by the evolving knowledge of being,

and the endless process of learning.

I am what I am despite my attempts

to fall for the enticement of self-gratification,

and the lesser persuasions of false ideals.

In the serenity of thought and self-realisation,

I can only accept my true nature

and accept the limits of the paradigms

with which I associate.

In pursuit of alternative realities, I am moot,

a blatant square peg in a round hole,

inept and wishful, yet wrong in every way.

However I see myself,

it is only truth that pleads expression,

and my vain attempts at charades,

is seen only as an object of ridicule and self-loathing.

My mind is set yet open to nourishment,

from only the heart of me and those whom I love,

and none can instil a false God within this crypt,

this casing of earthly existence, ready to expire.

My greatest challenge is acceptance,

of all that I am, my trespasses,

my inherent ineptitudes and potential,

all of which is expressing what I am,

however perceived.

I can in no way claim to be another, anything I am not,

for in this I am seen a fool,

a self-deceiving egocentric,

bent on destruction.

In struggle I must accept,

relent on the dreams of fancy that elevates me to delusion,

rather than the path of right

and the pure embrace of my soul.