Soft Inner Knowledge

31 March 2026

https://poems.culturing.net/2026/03/31/soft-inner-knowledge/

I begin to see who I have been, and I
do not like all of it. I have let pain swell
my ego three sizes too big. I have done hard things
and thought therefore that I deserve praise. But what
is my self? I cannot be tyrant any longer. These inner
autonomous energies beg to be heard, and will sicken me
if I do not listen. So I will listen, and find a good-natured
repose. I partake in the dance with the quiet voices,
the soft inner knowledge that tells me what I need to know.