Be mindful of your heart

Be mindful

Of your tender heart

Don’t slam the steel door shut

And reinforce it

With barbed wire

Don’t get out the cat o’nine tails

And give yourself a lashing

For feeling you fell short of a standard

Dictated by your mind

That isn’t real or true for you

Open the door

Feel the beating deep inside

Of your heart’s truth

Trust the feelings and insights

You find inside

You are your own healer

And knower

And all healing happens in the heart

That soft sore naked tender spot

That aches at times

Speaks to you of truths and values

You hold dear

And must not deny

Your heart

Is the place of healing

Where you awaken

And find yourself

Through opening to the unconditional love

That lives there

And so wants to give its gifts to you