the fog clears

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years of conditioning
has created a filter

affecting how the world is seen,
how response to stimuli is expressed

this filter, this smudge on the lens
is unique to each of us

it is impersonal, yet viewed
as highly personal

you didn’t choose it,
neither did anyone else

it happened
and continues to happen

the mind may balk at this,
fret, sulk, put up a fight

until it yields
and the fog clears