Projections

I call this one Projections: 

So much of what we see 

Is what we are projecting 

 That’s reflecting back at us — 

And then, how much of how we see ourselves 

Results from the projections of others? 

I aspire to be neither the mirrored surface, 

Reflecting on the right 

Nor the prickly one projecting on the left, 

But instead to find some natural balance,

 Centered, grounded, open to the light.