Answer To Serenity

I need no prayer for serenity,
Nor courage,
Nor wisdom,
Nor change.

I already know to accept the unchangeable,
And to not fight
What I know
To be real.

And you, O Force,
Be you karma or cosmos or King,
You have been here from the beginning-
Before me
And after me
And in me.

You are eternal,
And cannot be changed.
So I do not try.

But you are not my master.

I may be a slave to reality,
And I may not fight what is true,
But I will not be a slave to circumstance.

You may rule the world around me,
But I, myself, am free.
My thoughts are my own
And my peace
My own to find.

I need no orders,
Nor tenets,
Nor rulers,
Nor codes-

I will do
What I do
Because I will-
And what is right,
Or wrong,
Or untouchable,
I will decide.

You may take the ground from beneath me-

But you cannot make me fall.