Mirrored Image

Am I losing my perspective or refreshing all I've known?

I've got a whole new yarn skein* to knit in my spare time

Whenever I should want to or not if so inclined 

Is it unlimited potential or a V in which geese fly

Tangled messes elsewhere which I avoid or shed

Stories that I hear of or articles I've read

I can pick my definition or wake up and seize the day

For nothing and surely no one is even in my way

The stories that we tell ourselves are darkened fairy tales

Am I starting over or succeeding thinly veiled

Do I get more seasons and more days of every week 

Than anyone I know of or to anyone with whom I speak?

Do I have more freedom than anyone I know?

Do I see more everywhere than others' routines hold?

Would a mirrored image of my life seen from a neutral point

Look even more ideal than a portrait I could paint?

Who is looking through my eyes and feeling through my heart?

A point of consciousness high enough to lighten all the dark.

-sELF

*skein

• a length of thread or yarn, loosely coiled and knotted.
• a tangled or complicated arrangement, state, or situation.
• a flock of wild geese or swans in flight, typically in a V-shaped formation.