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POETRY | DECIMA | THE POWER OF POETRY
A New Mindset
A Decima poem
Gurus say self-love is the best
And I’ve strived to know myself well
from darkened cave to light I dwell
Sometimes moon-stricken I behest
as I admire the sunset west
Other days I long for sunrise
drenching in its auspicious rays
harkening back to better days
No more dark thoughts of my demise
I yearn to live, to my surprise!
©2023 Lori Carlson. All rights reserved.
In this Decima, I used a bit of an unorthodox rhyme scheme — ABBAACDDCC. It suits my unorthodox life quite well. In this case, the life lessons I’ve learned are two-fold — I’ve learned a new mindset of self-love, but to also embrace both the light and dark sides of myself, making me whole again. As one who has suffered depression for the majority of my life, coming to a place of peace and contentment has decreased my dark thoughts and increased my will to live.
This is in response to Christine Graves’s Weekly Prompts January 16–22, 2023 — Write about a life lesson using the Decima form.
