An Ode to Becoming You

We come into this world having chosen it so
And in the arms of well meaning people we grow
Even without ill intent or deceit
It is as strangers our adult we meet

For in their well meaning
Our family and friends
Push more and more upon us
It has no end

And so as adults we ask
Who am I, this mask?
Under it is the person I should ask
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For I came into this world with an intention I know
If I follow my bliss I will see it grow

Seek only to feel good
In every event
And in it
You will see your life of intent

As you become more of who you were born to be
You will look back on those earlier times and see
That each were doing the best they could
From that limited place that we all have stood

Wrapped in so many layers of doubt
Our young souls screaming to get out

In life if we revel in how imperfect we are
Those are the lessons that will take us far

As we find our way back to who
And from where, came our energy
You will find that person you were born to be

Please see that you are so much and more
Destiny is knocking at your door

Go forth through the years
And explore who you are
For that is the person
With whom you can go far
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Always and forever know
Only you can make it so
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