A Return to Self

I found myself today, at the sea.

I almost didn’t recognize him, or me,

So much time had passed since we had last visited.

This one who knows, this one who stands in the moment, in the now.

It was a re-animating, a rehydrating of my soul, and I found myself wondering how.

How a little moist sea salt air, a laugh with family, an embrace from my love,

Could so easily pull me home, pull me back to myself.

When I spend so much time disconnected and alone,

Uncomfortably awkward in this coat that doesn’t fit.

Yet suddenly, there I stood, the truest version of me.

A return to self – with peace in my heart, no pain, no suffering, free.

Do you see?

For a moment I forgot who I was supposed to be, and allowed myself to return to who I am.