The Easier Battle

I thought I knew what I wanted
I felt I had matured with time
That for which I lusted
Had shape, meter and rhyme

So I picked a pair of scissors
And on a cardboard drew
To aid my vision a pair of visors
To reject all a little askew

Thus armed I went into the world
And chopped mercilessly
At any that failed, were bent or curled
Or lacked honesty

I drew the rules in black or white
For the world that I see
Somehow I'd forgotten that
The world included me

I stood upright and looked around
And could not really see
That what I could most easily surmount
Was right inside of me