Being Yourself- part 2

The simplest and trickiest of present continuous tenses is the verb form of Being Yourself. It is an oxymoron of sorts in itself for we could be influenced by many a societal more, in the process. You don't really know who you are right from the time you set foot on planet earth; which is why we have parents as leading lights and friends who tread the path along with you; all reaching a confluence: the act of being yourself. If this is for once comprehended by the regular people who you interact with day in and day out, life is but a celebration.

Many an aid, I may have sought from my veritable pals, as part of my growing up; due respect to them all. What becomes asphyxiating nonetheless is when you are choked with the bar of expectation. After all, we are all human beings. We are at our best of selves, when in our own company. Anybody who disagrees with this latent verity is just lying through their teeth! We must, some day, take this up as a joint venture, in an unobtrusive manner; spare a thought:


Pray, look into your unbridled self,
Delve deep into the labyrinth.
Extol its alluring beauty,
Walk past the lovely promenades within…
Cherish the memoirs therein.
The bare and naked tell you the truth,
Tells you who you actually are!
Brag you dare not
For charming, it is not.

Look good, feel good
For these are the prerequisites
Like a humble piece of silver jewellery
Muted you will then be,
Yet radiant, with a halo above you.

To love another, Love you first must, yourself.
"I love you more than myself,"
Is but a blatant lie!
With yourself, begins a lifelong romance
No twosome matches up to this bosom self…

Simplified if it is thus,
The merits are aplenty!
Shun those debilitating thoughts
That raise their ugly heads
For it’s like the fable of sour grapes
You have been yearning for this
Consider they are the earnings of your innings on earth!
Live, and let live, for it is now,
Appropriate it shall not be, if later!