Lonely
Do I know you any more
Was there ever love there
Surely love is presence
Love is showing up
Love is unconditional support of what brings life to us
But this lonely
To be left alone night after night
Day after day
How are we to survive it
And thrive
Bringing flowers to bloom
From within the barren ground
Of desert places
I believe that at ouir darkest moment though
Something bright appears
When we recognise
The failure was not ours
But theirs
And that they were willing
To blame us
Rather than face the truth
That pain may hurt us
But it will be the pain that gives birth to us in reality
That bids us never again to abandon our precious essence
We must find out
That who we are and what we feel has value
Makes sense
We must committ then
Always to be there for ourselves
For if we abandon this self
As we and they were abandoned
What have we to give to anyone else
But another desert
Emerging From The Dark Night 