Rel-ish ( a true story )

 rel·ish

noun \ˈre-lish\

: a seasoned sauce that is used to add flavor to other foods and that is made of chopped fruit or vegetables; especially : such a sauce made from pickles
: enjoyment of or delight in something

: a feeling of liking something

sometimes it is possible when we live
for others and give for others and do
so that we can not remove ourselves
or hear ourselves think or think of
things that do not relate with the rules...

the walls cave in around you and you
hunch into a ball in your chair afraid
to speak your mind and find no time 
to dream the dreams you used to all
your life.

familiar faces morphing freakishly 
until they all are the same faces all
asking the same questions all pushing
the same buttons and writing the same 
numbers in rows upon walls upon walls.

that is when you realize you have a choice
and no obligation to the system that helped
you find your place and you can do better
and find better and make better and say
better and live better and love better and see.

remove yourself unplug yourself inspire 
yourself and eat your mind and be kind
to yourself befriend yourself find the time
to do nothing and speak nothing and breathe
nothing and write nothing and dance nothing.

you have the means to make the changes you
want to see you have the power over you as
you nothing everything into sight and delight 
in the world around you that surrounds you
that you had been missing out on for awhile.

when that happens time slows down and 
appreciation grows exponentially along with
your senses and your gratitude and your whole
sense of being comes back and you laugh again
like you did as a child.