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What kind of bed have you made?

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    What kind of bed have you made?

    By eliseonlife | Conscious Living, Inner Peace, Judgment, Love, Pain & Suffering, Toolbox of Life | Comments are Closed | 19 March, 2013 | 0

    Whatever situation you currently find yourself in, it’s important to recognize that you helped to create it. If you don’t like it, once you are aware that you want to change things, then it’s your choice as to what you’ll change and when. We cannot remain victims once we realize our contribution to our situation and our corresponding power to alter it.

    Editor’s Note:   I’m not referring to people who are victims of a crime or accident. I’m referring to our all-too-common desire to play the role of the victim even when we have the power to change our situation.

    Here is a poem that is not typical of the spiritual style of poetry I usually write. This poem speaks from the angst, the pain, the drama of everyday life, from the humanness of emotions (even when they’re raw and painful), and shares a moment of awakening that is available to anyone who is finally ready to look at their own contribution to the situation they’re in.

     

     

    When I Made My Bed

     

    i gave all of me to you

    then wanted some back

    too late you said

    you belong to me

    heart and soul

    you complete me

     

    a little voice

    somewhere inside

    gasped

     

    it’s my bed now

    i’ll make it beautiful

    comfy

    as best i can

    once you stop telling me

    why i’m wrong

    messed up

    crazy

    i can straighten the sheets

     

    there

    everything looks just right

    so everyone says

    what a perfect life i live

    if only i didn’t feel

    incompetent

    depressed

    angry

    perhaps i’ll add

    a few fancy pillows

    tomorrow

     

    lying awake each night

    i watch your sleeping innocence

    that’s the man

    i fell for

    why do you hide

    during the day

    only appearing

    through soft snores

    gentle breaths

    in darkness

     

    if i fluff your pillows

    just right

    will you love me

    properly

     

    lost in the covers

     of the bed i’ve made

    unsure how to leave behind

    the 800 thread count

    i first saw in you

     

    one cold morning

    i’ll awaken

    ready to see

    this old lumpy mattress

    hurts me

     

    i’ll wonder why

    i’m still expecting you to return

    the pieces of me

    i gave away

    when i made my bed

     

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