Authentic Self

Who are you?  And what makes up

your inner self?

Do you feel a strong desire

to know who you are really?

Do you think you can begin to

know yourself?

Can you strip away the layers

and begin to see who is really underneath?

Do you think you would like what you see

or would you want to change things?

Is your authentic self truthful

or do you hide behind a false facade?

What do you think your inner truth

really is?

What if all your possessions were gone?

Who would you be then,

without your worldly possessions?

I don’t know, but I bet

you would learn to discover

what hides within.

Sometimes it is just waiting

knowing that one day

you will come searching for it.

How will you know it

when you have found

the key that unlocks the door

to your private sanctuary?

Can you think you know

where you even stashed the key?

Good lord,

that invisible key has been

stashed deep inside your brain.

You know it is in that special garden.

Just which flower do you think

it has been planted under?

I hope you know where you left

your disappearing shovel.

Remember,

you might have left

that one inside your heart.

Jennifer Jo Fay

Copyrighted January 12, 2012