For so long – 
“overtaken by personality”* – 
the stone walls of self
imprisoning 
potential and playfulness and peace – 
while the tools of freedom 
were well within reach – 
the fuse of 
the dynamite of 
the soul 
that blasts those walls
to smithereens 
can only be
lit by me. 

*With thanks to Ted Nottingham's book, Doorway to Spiritual Awakening, p. 156