World Mental Health Day: Don't Chase The World
DON'T CHASE THE WORLD
Why do I feel such a waste of space?
Why is life always such a race -
To emulate, or, better yet
To surpass the success with which others have met?
Is this the world in which I live?
Is this the future I wish to give
To those who follow on from me,
An arduous journey, from which they could be free?
Personal beauty, arts and craft
Have become the norm on which we graft
Our aspirations - so unreal -
Whipped up by a media intent on a deal.
Led on a chain, we trail along,
Slaves to a falsehood, we follow the throng.
So what does it take just to break free?
Can I ever believe I might simply be me?
Go out of town, break free from the noise.
Leave the shops and adverts, the techno toys.
Aim for the world that God has made
See *real* beauty and craft before me laid.
The moorland stretches far and wide
Neath an empty sky in which white clouds glide.
Purple heather blows in a gentle breeze
Midst yellow gorse and an absence of trees.
Creation, there, lies at my feet
In a haven of peace where I might meet
The One who formed me in the womb
The One who all my doubts will entomb.
© Mel Menzies
8th October, 2018
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