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accouterments – noun: personal
clothing, accessories, or equipment;
trappings.
This morning, out on my deck as the Fall
unfolds, I opened my journal to the poem
featured here titled This Chest. Well, here
it is years later, and I still have the chest
referred to in the poem.
Perhaps, you also have a chest that you drag
around with you. For me, sometimes it is
difficult to differentiate between my dreams,
my often self-centered longings, and my,
hopefully, positive, authentic mission.
Maybe my chest actually encloses all of these,
and more: the contents are shaped into an
ever-expanding ball of yarn created from
life’s remnants – its hopes, its frustrations,
its struggles, its deep desires, as well as,
its dreams, its purposes – all parading
in a multitude of colors and textures,
all vying for attention.
As I write, I realize that the chest may
not be the problem, but an opportunity,
an accouterment of sorts, holding
the clues needed for a more productive
and positive life. So rather than stow
the chest, I need to open it up and
rediscover what it may have to convey.
OK, I can do this.
THIS CHEST
In the perfect peace
of this tranquil morning,
I seek nourishment,
as we sit together
watching life unfold;
why do I persist in
dragging this chest
around with me,
I have no explanation;
just a desire to be
free of it, of the me
who will not give up
the longings – these
desires to be more.
POEM BY G. 8.21.2013
WITH LOVE, G.