Stabs of melancholy
leave us aching
in the pits
of our stomachs,
ravenous
for connection.

We, so hastily,
spackle and paint over
all the ways
in which the world
has scarred us…

and do our best to
craft some simple narrative,
finely chiseled
and chock full of
polished illusions.

What if
the reflection
we try so hard
to stratify,
to bury within
the deep recesses
of ourselves,
is really our
greatest asset?

That which
we curse
and work
so tirelessly
to polish away
might just be our
soul's fingerprint...
what endears us
to this troubled world.

Your greatest goal
is to find who
it is you really are,
your greatest legacy
is left by displaying
that truth, unabashedly,
for all to see.

~Eric Vance Walton~

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