The Awakening Poem

I began to write "The Awakening" poem seen on the home page of this site when my mother was undergoing 

chemotherapy.

 

I developed a passion for writing very early on because I learned how to deeply analyze my thoughts before putting them into written expressions by closely observing my surroundings and understanding what I felt during each life experience. Therefore, much of what I enjoy to write about is related to life-learning events and in this case, the pain of knowing a huge loss was nearing. This is how my "THE AWAKENING" poem was birthed. 

 

Through more than a decade of illness and invasive medical treatments my mother was able to outlive that initial one year death sentence but she ultimately lost that fight and passed away. I completed "The Awakening" poem with first-hand knowledge of loss.

 

I printed a draft of my work to share with friends who would provide feedback, but a copy was stollen and uploaded online. Altered copies appeared online on multiple platforms---without my knowledge---and more importantly, without my consent. 

 

Several people posted my work as "Author Unknown" thanking whoever wrote it for helping them get through their difficulties.  WOW how humbling, I thought...I was happy that my words helped them. Others however, falsely claiming my work as theirs and taking credit for the thank-yous.

 

I also learned that some were even fighting for ownership...while I stood completely oblivious to it all; I was very busy with life and completely unaware of the absurd plaigerism taking place.

 

Individuals plagiarizing other's literary work must feel worthless, I thought. These people must feel incapable of being genuine by having to claim someone else's work in order to feel recognized---or validated. It was difficult to understand. 

 

I sat staring at my laptop's screen reading LIES about people taking credit for something that I wrote...reading about two individuals who fought for months over the credits to MY poem. I was baffled seeing how desperate these people were. How unoriginal--how shallow--and I realized it has to be really painful living as an imposter because that means you have to feel worthless as an original.

 

One person claimed my work being about a breakup. As I read through those words, I couldn't help but picture my mother suffering through chemotherapy with her fragile body aching and wasting away on a hospital bed. In that moment I relived the pain that propelled me to write "THE AWAKENING" poem.  

 

This poem dear friends stems from the wisdom provided by various challenging life lessons--a long journey and much more than loss---certainly a reflection that reaches far beyond a "bad break up," as one of the thieves states. 

 

The passages you read in "THE AWAKENING" poem come from profound human experiences, and are written as gifts of hope and encouragement to help others HEAL. My words therefore, are not meant to benefit anyone in any other way. 

 

To the thieves: be careful what words you claim as yours because life may provide you with the opportunity to live through similar--or worse sorrows---than those I had to go through in order to write this way. 

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I wrote "THE AWAKENING" to help those who like me---endure difficult challenges....to help others get through pain. My words are meant to give hope and to inspire---with all the quirks and imperfections, with all the flaws...for any group, within all faiths...my words are for all mankind...to help readers AWAKEN to an inner love that can help promote global kindness...especially---self love.

 

I do not seek attention, followers, or any kind of gain except that those who read my work benefit by feeling empowered with hope.

Because you CAN stop being a victim to become a victor---and not remain only as survivor. 

 

I am flattered beyond words that "THE AWAKENING" poem has helped so many....that it has traveled around the world, because the good side of this story is my words have helped many. And---I KNOW I WROTE THIS.

 

The IMPOSTER/S....well, they know who they are and they know what they did--they have to live with themselves, knowing this truth. 

 

I encourage those who plagiarized my work to work from within and create original pieces, draw from your own experiences to put that into YOUR OWN words---do not hate people for catching your plaigerism, instead thank us for helping you to think about why you need to plagiarize others--and more importantly, stop hating yourself. Learn to love yourself enough to have the courage it takes to create original works--the results may surprise you. Aim to be better, produce something you can be proud of being truly yours. 

 

To everyone else: I am sharing my work in its correct, authentic version on this site. All other versions of The Awakening poem starting with: "There comes a time in life when you finally get it..." is plagiarized. Unless you find an exact version seen on this site with my name, Judith Espinosa as the author....it is plagiarized. 

 

To all who posted the unauthorized versions: I ask that you kindly retract those and replace them with my authentic work using proper credits. Feel free to contact me via email from this site, by going to the CONTACT page. I just ask that my work is not altered and that proper credits are given. 

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God Bless you always! Namaste!

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Judith Espinosa--author

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