When I was young

When I was young I watched the world

As it turned Rushing past me

With the force of a flood

As people came and went

And my heart grew silent

AS real feelings became buried down

In a place and space

Far beyond my knowing

In later years

It was my body that wept

Rather than my eyes

And my body felt all the resonances

In comings and goings

That were echoes of those earlier times

I realise now how useless it was

To try to control anything

That was outside of my power

All I could do was watch

Struggling to make sense of it all

Until time and wisdom taught me

How to hold and tend my own aching heart

While feeling so very set apart