I Am My Relations

I am my relations

I come from
My burdens
My obligations
My responsibilities
And identities
That cage me

I come from
My desires
My needs
My aspirations
And incompletions
That fail me

I come from
My connections
And disconnections too

I come from
In me
Within me
Out me
And Other me

I come
From
The womb
The blood
And the soul
That embody me

I come from
The name
Of the family
And the caste
That birthed me

I come from
My neighbourhood
The smells and sights
The senses and noises
That shaped me

I come from
My work
My titles
My power
And the seats
That feed my ego

I come from
The streets of my childhood
The memories of my past
The food that I feed
And the body that I call mine

I come from
The grass
The flowers
And thorns
That nurture me

I, we, us
Aren't we one
Us, we, I
We are one

In oneness,
I am enough

Decadent

Limiting
The world of the mind
Liberating
The world of the heart

The past is draining
The future inconsequential
The present shows promise
Yet is elusive 
In a decadent existence
Of why's and why not's

All that remains
Is possibilities
Choices
Difficult
Impossible
Hesitant
Like the drab
Of a grey morning
Alone
In its populated
Environment

Feed
Mind numbs
Distract
Mind suggests
Love
Heart insists
Gratitude
I finally choose
The switch
Is dramatic
Hoping
It's longer
Forever.

~ 24th October 2013