What we receive

Behind the soul a shadow stays.
Mirages, it wants to make real;
Extraneous wants builds in ego’s mind,
lulling delusions which egos chase.
Very cold the feeling of solitude is;
but it is much worse a mind confused.

Cursed, the ego spends its days
looking for love, lust and thrill;
searching, but it can only find
reality hiding in a mirage’s face.
There is no caress, there is no kiss,
no free love in a reality reduced.

There is no way egos may bend
nature; for nature follows its flow.
A wish is a wish, a want is a want,
and egos only care for its own good.
The shadows of souls sadly send
a message of truth with all its glow,
“loneliness and solitude enchant
an ego into a sad, delusional, mood.
Live with what life and nature give
for happiness is in what we receive.

© −“What we receive” by Miguel Soto
Stanton, CA USA – 03.05.2021.