Pen, Paper, & Heart: Legacy
Pen, Paper, & Heart: Legacy Podcast
Master and Commander
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Master and Commander

How Found Poetry Helps You Unravel Who You’ve Always Been

Master and Commander

Our future is so much closer,
loud, and accidental.

The quieter
and serenely open we are,
the more we can make it our own.
It becomes our fate,
our innermost being.

It’s then, we come to realize -
nothing alien happens to us,
but only what has long been our own.

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How Found Poetry Helps You Unravel Who You’ve Always Been

So many of us spend our lives searching for who we’re supposed to become, measuring ourselves against expectations, achievements, and roles. But what if the journey isn’t about becoming something new—but about returning to who we’ve always been?

Found Poetry is a powerful way to step back and see ourselves more clearly. Take words from your past—old journal entries, letters, childhood stories, even text messages. Highlight the ones that resonate, the ones that feel true. As you rearrange them into a poem, you might notice a pattern:

a voice that has been speaking all along, waiting for you to listen.

The act of creating isn’t about forcing meaning—it’s about recognizing what was already there.

Maybe your poem reminds you of the dreams you had as a child, or the resilience you forgot you carried. In piecing together these fragments, you realize you were never lost—just buried under the pressure of who you thought you had to be.

You don’t have to chase a version of yourself that doesn’t exist. You just have to uncover what’s already within you.

Your purpose isn’t something you have to chase—it’s something you uncover.

Found Poetry gives you the space to listen, reflect, and see the truth that’s been there all along. You don’t need to become someone else. You just need to recognize who you already are.


Thanks for reading Pen, Paper, & Heart: Legacy! If you know anyone struggling with self-doubt, identity, or purpose—those who feel pressured to become something rather than embrace who they already are, this post is public so feel free to share it.

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