We carry it around
unaware that it is there
this invisible burden
our vision skewed, impaired

It comes to us from birth
and each day ever after
from others all around us
in their anger and their laughter

Their influence is strong
often without them knowing
everything they say and do
absorbed as we are growing

We become a collage
of others thoughts and beliefs
we journey through the fog
of what others teach

Until one day we realise
the rules by which we are living
the “writing on our wall”
from others we are given

It is then our choice
to decide what to do
do we clear away that writing
and seek the inner you?

Some may be quiet happy
with the person you’ve become
the writing on your wall and you
content and comfortable as one

You may choose to erase it
until it is clean and stark
then begin with our own writing
each line our chosen mark

It is a liberating journey
to release and let go
that which we’ve carried for so long
for that which we know

It is a work in progress
we can add whatever we like
to our own artist’s canvas
create our own life.
Trish Johnston 22nd May 2014 ©