what I came for

 

it’s easy to forget what I came for

the one true thing I know

I’ve forgotten already

 

the power of my voice

the strength of my body

the gentleness of my own touch

these things I take for granted

every day

 

my breath comes regularly

and I take no notice

it’s as if I am not breathing at all

so that when I hear the sigh of my own breath

it is a profound surprise

 

it’s easy to forget what I came for

but it is always there somewhere:

the breath

the touch

the power

 

the one true thing I know

and am always discovering:

my breath

my touch

my power

 

I look at you

peaceful, open, sacred

and choose to be reminded

you are a lighthouse in the fog of my forgetting

 

it takes courage to look

it takes courage and strength

and a deep and simple willingness

to see myself

 

this is what I came for

 

this voice I rush to quiet

this body I so often disagree with

this power to choose my life

 

it’s easy to forget what I came for

but the remembering—

it opens me

it embraces me

it swallows me whole

the remembering becomes me

I brand my name on my own skin

with the fire of my remembering

 

I am what I came for

Reviews

[Sara Jean]

I agree this poem is very powerful.

"A lighthouse in the fog of my forgetting"

wonderful line

the message in the poem is important. Keep doing what you do.

[DiamondNRough AKA Patty..]

A powerful poem... I love how you have touched so many others with your words through this poem by the other comments. That is what Lavender Power is all about...Healing and helping others heal through our own natural talents.

Safe Hugs
www.LavenderPower/org

[Solst Rapture]

My dear unknown friend; I am pleased to have stumbled across you.

What you have described is where I ought to start, and branding myself me is a dream I had from the very start, but I too forgot.

I am Solst, formally known as Matthew.

Your writing is very stimulating and helps set me free.

[John Parker]

You are a lighthouse in the fog of my forgetting.......this is one of the most out standing lines of the whole work......this was an excellent read and will be added to my favorites..........

[Blackbirdsong]

Typical when I see repetitions like this I find them clumsy or heavy handed, but I can't say that in this case at all since you use them like a coda or a statement.

"I look at you
peaceful, open, sacred
and choose to be reminded
you are a lighthouse in the fog of my forgetting"

"A lighthouse in the fog of my forgetting" now that's what I call a great line. Gorgeous.

I love the message of this poem since its a true one that applies to me and most of us really. We take ourselves and our lives for granted; being caught in the day to dayness of our existence we forget that we are truly glorious creatures, unique in our own loveliness.

Thank you for the reminder. :)