Layers 2/5/2025

Peeling back
The layers
Revealing
Who I am
Deep within
My core.

Lives a presence
I didn’t know existed
That’s compassionate
Kind and caring
And doesn’t ask
For anything
In return.

Who is the presence
That knows me?
Who is the presence
That shows up
When I am
Confused?

Not sure who
But know
I am guided
With purpose
And cause.

Life’s difficult
Life’s hard
For the changes
It wants me to make
Questions
Everything
I once knew about
Who I am
At my core.

Choosing change
Coming out
Of my rigid cell
Breaking free
And surrender
To the beauty
Of the unknown.

Tis the truth
That’s been searching
For me
And I am ready
To take its hand.


Maggie Spaulding
Poem Author