Looking Outward

I was sitting by myself
at a café today,
when I realized I look
outward now.

Toward the world.

It felt a bit strange,
because for the most part
I’d spent my years
looking inward.

Toward the self.

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A threshold has been crossed,
maybe.

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After all those years
looking inward,
by now I must know myself

—not completely—

but I know
a good deal of it
enough
to now be able to look outward

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and really see. ♦

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Image by Janice Dykeman via Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0

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