Acceptance

We all want to be accepted.

Acceptance is a funny word.

One is never told one is 

accepted; 

we either know we are 

or strive to be.

Striving... reaching into dense undergrowth

trying to find any salvageable roots 

we fall deeper

drowning in the debris of dead matter

as the underworld comes into

View. Darkness, but clarity.

Knowledge that scares me.

Knowing that acceptance will be harder to gain

when my mind poses so much opposition. 

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[jacob erin-cilberto]

this parallels a dean koontz novel i am reading called "Innocence"---

being feared and loathed is quite scary...and the hardest place to get acceptance is from ourselves.