Owning Yourself

Might it be that no one belongs to no one,

Save themselves?

Why has society set up a grand answer?

Couples,

Marriage

Live ins

Et al

All of it might be a scam

One that seductively asks we avoid the question

Do You Own Yourself?

For…

Lest you forget the mandate:

You are part of a leasing-super-natural-scheme

Created by those who have the power and money to dominate

EVERYTHING.

Of course

There are those in a compatible relationship,

Having made it through the razor wire and shredded psychic phase

Remaining cogent via spit and glue applied liberally to the heart and mind.

Once totally immersed in comfort with another…

Remind yourself that you own yourself

The good

The bad

The indifferent.

Apologies accepted,

But not as redemption,

Should you be playing

The duality game,

Trying to accommodate both sides.

Yes…

He or she

Will look at you

At me

And wonder

Can one beat out the threat of Self-loathing

Leading to chronic illness

And death?

Or…

Might one experience that important epiphany,

Get the answer to life’s grand scale,

Accept that to know the grandness,

One genuinely has to embrace the ultimate test…

Just me assuming full responsibility for me,

Discovering the clarity of knowing

What it is like to truly own yourself?