First impression

I

wish that I didn't judge by
first impressions

I

find that I often rely

on assumptions

See
the person before me

and jump to judgement

See

a hint of a personality

and presume the pigment

This
is a sum of all my biases

that I want to change

This

will always be my default unless

I expand my range 

Now

I must see one outfit doesn't allow

you to know the full fashion

Now

I must overcome my instinct somehow

and instead jump to compassion

.
I do not know anyone's struggle or history.

I cannot instantly solve that mystery.

.

I can be kinder, but only once I've made this confession.
If I am truly to stop judging people by their first impression.

Acedia

So we live another twilight day
Where ne'er night nor morn seem to come
Are we to ride the gloom to it's dismal end?
Outlast this acedia to which we have succumb?

As we are driven apart by greater forces
I fear that now each must face this beast alone
This monotonic melancholy of the mind
Drowns us all with infernal drone

You mayn't realise how listless it made you
As the internal fog grasped more solid form
An atmospheric apathy that surrounds
Increasing struggle now a daily norm

We must drive the acedia from ourselves
Though to do so alone is to surely fail
For this solitary plague we now endure
It is only together that we can prevail

I read about acedia at this link, and wanted to try to capture it in a poem - https://theconversation.com/acedia-the-lost-name-for-the-emotion-were-all-feeling-right-now-144058

Advice

The issue I feel that often comes with advice
Is most people only know one way through life

So they can recall they, map that
Then if they need then can backtrack
But it's often a sad matter of fact
You need your own way out when backed into a trap

Do take inspiration from how people who aren't you escape
But some may be strong enough to cause the trap to break
And other may have learnt dismantle it with grace
With one lucky person could be caught in a trap that is fake

Sometime, it's painful, but you have to find your own way through
Ignoring earnest advice from those who want you to feel less blue
Even though they relate to your pain and situation too
They are themselves. You are you.

Don't forget the many times it helps to take any advice you can loan
But also that there are some things you may have to fight through alone

The shell

Break open the shell

Let light pour in

Lift tired eyelids

Stop imagining

The cracks will widen

Goodbye shield

Hello new world

Water and field

Maybe it's danger

Or a new friend

Though risk is real

Uncertainty ends

Break open the shell

Let light pour in

Lift tired eyelids

Stop imagining