YOM KIPPUR PROFOUND AWARENESS

 On Yom Kippurs past, I’d asked

My own forgiveness for having

Thought unwell of myself

Today, I ask my forgiveness for that

Transgression, because

With insight hot in hand

I’ve come to unveil,  see  d understand

The magnitude of all I’d borne as a child

You see, before insight lifted that veil

My having been unkind to

My imperfections made sense

However, to think myself in need of

Self forgiveness, today, suggests

Treating my girlhood self badly, again

So rather than

Forgiving myself for having been

Subconsciously conflicted about whether or not

I was worthy of being loved

All I need do is to love my whole self just

As as I am, today, in hopes of fully

Accepting my imperfections just as

I accept the inner conflictions of

My family and friends (as is true, from

Time to time, of all human beings)

And now that I’ve embraced today’s

Loving reconciliation with myself as a whole

Let’s turn our attention to the probability that

Over this past year, I may have 

Transgressed against orhers

And if that’s true then

I ask each one for forgiveness though

Upon profound reflection

I know not who they may be, and now

If asked to define insight

I’d say this phenomenon portends to be

A profound awareness emergent from within

The depths of the subconscious thus

Brightening the conscious portion of

Our brains as spontaneously as though

A flash drive filled with

Vital information  has been plugged into

Our think tanks, resulting in

Our processors feeling thunderstruck with

Knowledge of which we’d hitherto been unaware

Please note that most especially

During these holy days of deep reflection

Hot sparks of insight are not to be

Feared for what they may reveal but rather

Insight, being the magic of

Your mind and mine, is

Always to be sought and revered as

Yet another building block of wisdom to be

Passed from one generation to

The next within each human brain

So—how often do subconscious insights

Concerning your life enlighten

Your awareness of subconscious brilliance that

Awaits exposure to

The  conscious portion of your mind?

Annie