In myriad of ways
we distracted
ourselves countlessly
by looking outside
to find something that would support us
only to find it collapsing away
like the tall waves that come ashore
disappearing as it get close
Until one day we realized that
we searched externally when we denied ourselves
Every time we searched for a solution externally
there was an aspect of us that we denied
an aspect that we did not value
an aspect that we did not see
so many fragments within us
so dearly wanting to be accepted
so dearly wanting to be valued
so dearly wanting to be seen
so when we search externally for that recognition
for something that we couldn't even give to ourselves
but long for someone else to fulfill
that was an endless game that the ego played
It becomes simple when we turn around and realize
we can just be the love that we need
for it seals the holes that leak the light
for it make the light within shine with joy
as it is finally seen
and no one can take it away
and all other lights dance with it in delight