Inevitabilities

You claim that you're for peace

But every day you wake

You spend each moment fighting

To atone for life's mistake

You mend yourself to fit a mold

Down to flesh and bone

You fight against your destiny

Battling alone

You cannot stop the rain from falling

Nor the rays of sun

And winter comes without your help

When all is said and done

So why not wash yourself of fear

In springtime's falling rain

Dance in summer's heat

And cry in winter's pain

The fight you fight is only won

Within your own surrender

Releasing thoughts of changing self

And living as pretender

For we were made by perfect hands

With wholeness at our cores

Tainted only by forgetting

Love is what restores

We were not made broken

But completed by Her touch

Never made to fix ourselves

Or cling to thoughts of such

So if you are for peace

Wake up to the now

Trust that you are meant to be

And She will show you how

-C. O'Connell-