MY ORIGINAL FACE

This is a thoughtful piece that celebrates authenticity and freedom. It explores the “original face”—a pure, unspoiled self, while acknowledging that at different times and in different situations, we all show more than one face.

The poem moves gracefully through images of effortless harmony with nature, inner clarity, and self-possession. Its closing “now” anchors the experience in the present, a reminder of the timeless, unbounded potential within each of us.

MY ORIGINAL FACE

my original face
to the world,
at once glistening, unbound by precepts,
untrained, warm, unmarked.

independent,
moving freely,
wanting nothing,
only searching,
for reflected truth.

clear, matterless,
accountable to unknown souls,
yet to no one.
Where rejection and despondency are unknown.

no denial or deception.
only the absolute,
fulfilling only myself.
at last.

with clarity effortless movement,
propelled by wind,
enlightened by sun,
nourished by nature’s timeless spirit.

unbound by hate,
rising beyond transcendence,
defying gravity,
only to be pulled.

playfully,joyfully contorted,
to no end,
no beginning.

now.

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