know thyself

know thyself

the expression

of who i am

is but a fallacy

unto what i am

and what i may

hope to become

is a mere shadow

of from whence

i come

and if by chance

or providence

i should open this eye

that sees beyond

my limitations

i will realize

that the imitations

of life

are but that

we play these mind games

with our realities

teasing our greater self

and thus we live in frustration

practicing a sort of

spiritual masturbation

for some-where

deep within our core

we are aware

of that sacred door

which opens to that land

where we were spawned

the land

of the eternal dawn

for all is of the light

of knowing

glowing

and though we may be sowing

seeds here on this journey

this path

what we possess within

what we hath

is beyond

our empirical recognition

and this condition

we have endured

will be moored

at the docks

of illusion

someday

and our spiritual contusions

will be healed

and the sacred book of light

will be unsealed

and all the Dark Souls

with Holes

shall be filled

and the frills

and lace

we have adorned

the faces of our lives with

shall be lost in the shift

as we become

the sum

of what we were sent here for

let the door be opened

the expression of who i am

know thyself

© 12 September 2011 : William S. Peters, Sr.