Seeing Clearly ...
Uncovering the True Self
We are not what we perceive us to be
We let our emotions and roles define us
Will I succeed at this
Will she love me as I am
Will I be recognized and popular.
These are the uncut stone edges
Covering the meaning
Waiting to be sculpted
The excess of stone from emotions and worries
Which beckon to be chiseled
As Michelangelo did
To reveal an underlying beauty
We call the soul of our work.
Our work here on Earth
Is to spread among us
Our true loving nature
Buried within us and beneath
The uncut stone of our thinking.
We need the chisels and tools
Of a Michelangelo
To remove the excess material
That covers the spirit
A spirit of loving kindness
And surrender to what we feel in our heart
Is our true nature and beauty
Awaiting release from the excess we are not.
So let us apply our own chisel
And remove the excess fabrications
Surrounding our soul
And sculpt our statue to expose
The beauty within us
A sculpture free of the raw stone of fear
And excessive needs for self-promotion
That grew out of mountains
Of uncut stone.
(8/8/23)
George Weiss
Uncovering the True Self
We are not what we perceive us to be
We let our emotions and roles define us
Will I succeed at this
Will she love me as I am
Will I be recognized and popular.
These are the uncut stone edges
Covering the meaning
Waiting to be sculpted
The excess of stone from emotions and worries
Which beckon to be chiseled
As Michelangelo did
To reveal an underlying beauty
We call the soul of our work.
Our work here on Earth
Is to spread among us
Our true loving nature
Buried within us and beneath
The uncut stone of our thinking.
We need the chisels and tools
Of a Michelangelo
To remove the excess material
That covers the spirit
A spirit of loving kindness
And surrender to what we feel in our heart
Is our true nature and beauty
Awaiting release from the excess we are not.
So let us apply our own chisel
And remove the excess fabrications
Surrounding our soul
And sculpt our statue to expose
The beauty within us
A sculpture free of the raw stone of fear
And excessive needs for self-promotion
That grew out of mountains
Of uncut stone.
(8/8/23)
George Weiss