Awakening (Mirrored Acrostic Wk 1)

Awakening


Awakening.  Recently, I fell upon this interesting idea

While searching through a book of rejected gospels, of which til now, I never knew.

And this wisdom that was written rang true, as if what the writers knew was a 

Knowledge already inside us we could locate if we choose, if only we're brave enough to look.

Everyone keeps searching inside each other, in books and bottles too, just to see

Near glimpses of our Creator.  Being led to church and scripture, how misled have we all been? 

Inside us, all along, were the ancient seeds of wisdom waiting for you and me.  And I

Never will forget the day I learned to look in the mirror, for how else can my Creator's light be seen?

Going through life searching elsewhere for this ancient flame will just ..., well, ... will just leave you wandering. 









Below: I felt it needed a revision to be more concise and poetic and less prosy.  Above. the Revised version.

Awakening

Awakening is the moment when it finally dawns on you that a
Wide expanse of possibilities has always been inside you.  You always knew
Anything and everything that has ever been, but until this moment, you thought a
Knowledge like this could be attained only through school, family traditions, or work. 
Everywhere, there are beings like us who were never told that the
Newborn and the ancient seeds of wisdom live inside them, in places they’ve rarely been,
In places where regrets of the past and worries of future are not welcome.  I found this place, once, and I
Never forgot the freedom and the peace that filled me.  But now, I live on,
Going back and forth, and not often enough within, seeking again the precious gift of awakening. 





A Mirror Acrostic
Week 1: Acrostics
Poetic Explorations


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(the version below is the same but without the bold and capitalized beginnings and bold ending letters.)

Awakening

Awakening is the moment when it finally dawns on you that a
wide expanse of possibilities has always been inside you.  You always knew
anything and everything that has ever been, but until this moment, you thought a
knowledge like this could be attained only through school, family traditions, or work. 
Everywhere, there are beings like us who were never told that the
newborn and the ancient seeds of wisdom live inside them, in places they’ve rarely been
in places where regrets of the past and worries of future are not welcome.  I found this place, once, and I
never forgot the freedom and the peace that filled me.  But now, I live on,
going back and forth, and not often enough within, seeking again the precious gift of awakening.