So close and not really far

So many travel far to find themselves

So many look in places filled with danger

So that to themselves they may no longer be a stranger

So many look for themselves in another and always compare

So that they need not look in a mirror avoiding a scare

Years are lost in the hypnotic belief

That to look elsewhere will bring relief

Would that their efforts were spent in learning

That they are beautifully unique worthy of their yearning

Their search would turn inward with passion and a warning

"Authenticity ahead , open your heart and find your new morning"