Amassing a self

by Edna Wallace, LMFT

Noticing those parts of you that gleam.
Noticing what comes
to you … easily. 
You’re your own 
detective,
fitting the pieces
of the puzzle 
together. 

So you cannot sit still
to finish a book. 
But you’re good 
with people. 
You can write. 
You can spot the 
cool Scrabble words.
You tell stories. 
You make people laugh. 
You love to dip 
your toes in the ocean. 

You’re your own miner,
panning for gold, 
amassing a self—
the composite of you—
not whom you envy,
not whom you “should be”
… who you are. 

Maybe, just maybe 
you can relish 
what you have,
what you like,
what you can do… 
those gleaming moments.

The moment of 
sitting on your balcony
with a pot of mint tea 
and a sour-dough baguette.
The moment of catching-up 
with your partner
at the end of the day.
The writing moments,
the racecar moments,
the speech you gave,
the person you helped.  

Maybe, just maybe 

you can savor you. 

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