HERE at home....

I'M GONNA TAKE A DEEP BREATH....

I BELIEVE I HAVE INSIDE OF ME
EVERYTHING THAT I NEED TO LIVE A BOUNTIFUL LIFE.
WITH ALL THE LOVE ALIVE IN ME
I'LL STAND AS TALL AS THE TALLEST TREE.
AND I'M
THANKFUL FOR EVERYDAY THAT I'M GIVEN,
BOTH THE EASY AND HARD ONES I'M LIVIN'.
BUT MOST OF ALL
I'M THANKFUL FOR
LOVING WHO I REALLY AM.....AND I'M HERE.
[Source of information - www.angelrecords.com/colorpurple/lyrics.pdf]

I've always been getting from there to there

straight line toward something 

even though most of the time I didn't know 

where in the hell or what in the hell that something might be

I've just been walking

picking up things

to cover myself up

make myself appear to be

what the world wanted and expected me to me

and

all the while

deep inside

a piece of myself 

took root

way down deep 

past all the world and people expectations...took root in the center of my heart.

IT

that thing

called to me

inviting me to step deep into the authentic self of my self...

I was afraid

afraid of what you say...

afraid to be...

be seen or viewed or perceived 

as weird or different

so I hid

hid who I was 

tried to live like everyone else

and

in spite of all the trying

that seed

that place

that beckoning 

never ceased

sorta of like the little "whos in whoville screaming" 

 "We are here"

I could feel that piece of me

screaming

"I'm here"

"I'm here"

I tried to ignore that piece of myself

but it 

will not and cannot go away

....

so 

Here

I stand

peer deep inside myself

and 

suddenly realize

I'm here

I'm home

and

it is good.  I kind of like it even!

May you too 

take a moment

to peer into the depths and

find a place

called 

Home.

Happy Monday

The radical rambler....