conversations with myself

Sculpture by Lorri Acott-Fowler (also titled "Conversations with Myself")

10.15.07
Take each of these heart-sickening reminders,
staring at you
watching you
as you churn anxieties, fears and doubts through your brain
and seek out information for what?
To prove to the weatherman that these stormclouds will overcome?
NO!
Instead let's prove there ain't nothin but sunshine, cool breezes and rainbows in the forecast!

Dwelling on near and far pieces of the past-
what will that get you?
A stomach full of knots and a face wrinkled with lines that depict each troublesome thought for all to see?

You believe in it
You throw yourself into it
loving almost as much as you possibly can
Yet you let these gray clouds hover over your head and hold yourself

"Just keep a little distance
in case this is not real"
But it is REAL
and so go for it-let go and go forward!
In due time the past will not seem so recent and threatening
Keep your head up!
Head strong!
Allow for graceful blue sky presence in your present
And LOVE LOVE LOVE
not just him
not just them
but most importantly the person within