A poem on self-acceptance

Here is a poem I wrote in September, at the time of the Jewish New Year.

​What is happening inside you? I have not built an empire. But I have grown myself up.
Are you growing yourself?
Are you allowing the sands of time to hone and refine you into your true beauty?
Can you turn to Truth as a balm, as much as it is an abrasive?
Have you listened to the delicate sounds around you and welcomed that softness within?
All the greatness of the cosmos is also part of you.
Build what you need, on the fertile patch of soil that you have, and stand tall.