The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
Who is it in this mirror that stands in front of me is that really who I am or someone I just see
is she really something of anything I am inside or just another mask put on just another place to hide
she's someone I think I love now that I've let her close she's the one I pushed away I've deserted her the most
Now I want to finally know this part of me she's saved I want to pull her close to me our souls no more enslaved
for in looking in the mirror I can now finally find this person that's a part of me that's really and truly mine
if we can come together to heal the others soul I pray there's a chance that someday we'll be whole
written by: by Beverly V.
She says: "I wrote this after I realized from my counseling sessions that all my life I've worn a 'mask' so people wouldn't 'see' the real me. Inside I felt that if they were to see how ugly I 'felt' there was no way they could like me much less love me. So I put on a 'mask'.... usually it depended on the person and the situation as to what my 'mask' would be. Now I know it's OK to just be who I am, that it's OK to feel my feelings and let them be known. More and more every day..... I am really finding me.... and it really is OK to be ME!!!"
Thank you so much for sharing that poem with us. It is so true how we wear all these different masks to hide who we truly are. Because if we let others in, we become vulnerable to them. Thank you again, it brought tears to my eyes b/c that is what I am experiencing right now, the realization that I don't have to wear all these masks and that I can just be me and if others don't agree with it then they are not worth my time.
