How can we know?

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How can we know

What lies beneath

In the deep wordless space of another soul?

All they have experienced

Now fallen just below the level of consciousness

Arising under cover of night in restless dreams

Twisting bodies to and fro

Some wounds go deep

And leave invisible scars

Some of us cover visible scars with make up

Hiding our very real humanity and inherent imperfection

Beneath

When really there is such beauty and depth

In all our scars, wounds and flaws

Testaments of a soul that has

Lived suffered and survived

We are the cracked vessels

That endured a raging fire

And such heat was all part of our becoming

Filling our souls so full of both terror and beauty

Our souls in bodies bear so much

So let us reverence

What lies hidden in the deep

In wordless places

Beyond skin

And remember

How many carry

So much