Who Would You Be Without Yourself?

Who would you be without yourself?

If you took off all your coats

Of identity, of history, of trauma

The stories you were taught,

Those you invented and

Stood naked in the world on a warm day?

How would you see your life

Without the narratives of money

Of education, of success and failure?

If you had no nationality, no race

No gender, no age, or if those things

No longer mattered?

 

How would the world look

Unmarred by expectation

By judgment, fear, analysis?

Would you be overwhelmed by its beauty?

Don’t be afraid – you are beautiful too.

You will fit right in.

 

How would you move,

Without the weights you carry

The braces and splints you wear

To protect your broken places

The narratives that bind you

The need for others’ approval

 

How would it feel to be free?

 


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4 Responses to Who Would You Be Without Yourself?

  1. Betsy Bannerman says:

    Brilliant and insightful, david. Thanks. Betsy

  2. Esther Sarah Merves says:

    Thank you.

  3. Roger Eaton says:

    I like it, David! But you forgot age? I had to throw off the thought that I might be considered gauche for offering an edit:

    How would you see your life
    Without the narratives of money
    Of education, of success and failure?
    If you had no nationality, no race
    No gender or age?

  4. Karen Burt-Imira says:

    Thanks David. Its a tall order to let it all go…. But a great and true aim in life.
    Last line reminded me of Nina Simone singing “I wish I knew how it would feel to be free…”

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