Poems About Self-Discovery, Growth & Inner Healing

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Anonymous Days

When relationship with self
Becomes mere convenience,
An empty shell forms,
No real core.

Our true self fades,
Lost in the fog.
We lose our compass,
We lose our guiding star’s light.

Floating alone,
In a big formless sea,
We drift through time,
Chained and confused.

Each moment blends
Into the next,
As we wander blind
Through days and space.

In this hazy trip,
Where who we are
Is in exile,
We find ourselves lost
In anonymous days.

Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.
The Science of Generosity

Neurons fire,
Endorphins surge,
When hands extend.

Our brains light up and rejoice
When kindness we scatter.

Caring pumps the heart,
Empathy flows through veins.
The helper’s high,
Eases life’s heavy strains.

In giving,
We receive unseen,
A gift from the soul.

We share,
From abundance,
A wellspring that never dries.

The science of generosity,
Makes us whole.

Naked kindness,
Reveals a profound truth,
In acts of love,
Wellness is found,
We become complete.

Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.
The Captain’s Harbor

When your thoughts
Feel like a wild storm,
Worries flood in,
Tossing your mind like a boat.
Remember, there’s calm,
A quiet harbor
For your busy mind.

To break the chains
Of unhealthy thoughts,
Ask these questions,
Like a wise, kind friend:
“Do these thoughts help me now?
Should they be here right now?”
If not,
Let them float by,
Like clouds in the sky,
They can just fly.
They don’t need to stay.

With gentle awareness,
You’re the captain,
Steering your mind to calm seas.
Feel the steady ground under you,
Hear quiet waves lap,
See the clear, bright horizon.

Each peaceful moment.
Is a practice,
A patient art,
And a treasure.

Leave your worries behind,
Sail to the present’s soft light,
Here in the Now,
Let the warm sun of awareness
Melt away the fog of anxiety.
This calm is your home port.

Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.
I am Rich

I am rich.
Wisdom is the oxygen in my heart,
Love is the light my mind.

I am rich.
In words that carry meaning,
In actions that are energy of kindness.

I am rich.
Each day unfolds new lessons,
I grow, I change, I become.

I am rich.
Recognition feeds my faith,
Wisdom shines in my grace.

I am rich.
Life flows in me
Like a river
Through my veins.

I am rich.
In breathing moments
Of now and of eternal.

I am rich.
Not in gold or silver,
But in being.

Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.
Humble Pursuit

Egos we bend,
And preconceptions are set aside,
We bow down,
To find the truth
And see the light.

Stiff minds break,
While Soft thoughts flow like water.
In a quiet surrender,
Wisdom whispers.

Our sure things are sand castles,
Washed away by new knowledge tides.
Empty hands, open hearts,
Make room to grow.

Truth’s not a thing to hold,
But an expanding horizon.
As we drop heavy guesses,
Our steps get light, quick.

To see clear, we first say
Our sight has limits.
When we know we’re blind,
We start to really see.

The light we want often hides
In the dark of what we think we know.
Only when we dare ask
Do we light our way.

Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.
Assumptions: Unyielding Walls

Those who assume
Build walls of rigid truth,
Brick by stubborn brick.

Minds are locked gates,
Beliefs are unshakeable.

But those who offer
Hold hands open to the sky,
Ready to either catch starlight
Or let it slip back to the void.
They bend like reeds in others’ winds.

I come to you,
With my palms of possibilities.
Not with demands, but wonder.

I arrived with clay
Waiting to be shaped.
And my mind a blank page,
Hungry for your colors.

In my offering, I found
Our true rhythm.
Each note is a surprise,
Each chord is a revelation.

This music
Of give and take,
Of offer and response,
Writes our song of understanding.

In the space between
Assumption and offering,
Real connection grows.

Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.
Already, Always

You are already
Who you are,
Who you wish to be.

The path you seek
Is beneath your feet.
The summit you chase
Beats within your chest.

The acorn doesn’t doubt
The oak in its heart.
The caterpillar doesn’t fear
Its butterfly wings.

You are already
Who you are,
Who you wish to be.

Your journey is
to uncover and embrace.

Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.
The Heart’s Arithmetic

Three plus one,
Does not equal four.
Four minus three,
Does not equal one.
When divided,
You cannot subtract nor add.
Hearts feel infinity in a touch.

Three plus three,
Does not equal six.
Six minus three,
Does not equal three.
When multiplied,
The heart does not know numbers.
Learn love in heartbeats.

One equals many, equals everything,
Equals one divided by zero.
That’s what the heart knows.
That’s what the heart knows.

Parallel lines intersect.
In the geometry of affection,
Limits walk to eternity.

One plus one,
Countless possibilities.
That’s what the heart knows.
That’s what the heart knows.

Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.
I Paint With Words

I paint
with words,
a dreamscape
of the mind.
A sunrise heard
in hues of gold,
A lover’s kiss,
sweet and tender,
A storm raging
with wild abandon.
I paint with words,
And you are
my canvas.

Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.