Self Becomes Less Self the More Self-Served

March 12, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is St. Patrick’s Day, which is celebrated on March 17^th.

Today’s poem is a poem for St. Patrick’s Day about the nature of the self.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Self becomes less self the more self-served,

As who one is arrives from parts unknown.

Identity is never one's alone,

Nor can one learn unchanged a single word.

Thus the self by nature is a part,

Present in the body of the whole.

A healthy arm or leg is not a goal

That one pursues regardless of the heart.

Remember, then, that one is more or less

In common with the boundaries one draws,

Choosing or not the love that sings and soars,

Knowing or not what brings one happiness.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/selfbe.html. For more poems for St. Patrick’s Day, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/stpatricksdaypoems.html .

This week’s theme: St. Patrick’s Day

March 12: Self Becomes Less Self the More Self-Served