Manipulation

Change
self-imposed as it is
yet constant regardless
imposition is more a guide
of an inevitable mover of being.

So guided it may be - and guided through the choice of the mind itself, the mind creating new forms of itself for itself.

and yet is the self and mind akin? The mind moves its new realities, but new beings are not a constant favourable projection
a self knows its own shortcomings yet no corrections, only emulations of former failings in new aspects, or perhaps improving sufficient areas.

We encompass control of ourselves - our self is empowered by mind, and mind manipulates itself to change - yet that apparent control is invisible to some.

Lines etch into the certainty of consistent being and persona, and carve 'I AM ALL' in their ambiguous complexions.