I fought to live
As I fought to not be held down
By invisible hands
That only wanted to weld my being to darkness
Dimming to nothing the spark
Burning deep inside my soul
Making my very being feel
Unwelcome
And if I was in fact
A soul from another place
Perhaps it was only natural
That you would not recognise my face
And so I hid as best I could
Under the covers
Feeling myself always to be
Alien to earth
So far away
An observer consigned
To a land of strangers where I did not belong
Seeking desperately for her kin
Life it seems is so very strange
And there are so many things we cannot explain
But only know the truth of
Deeply in our souls
And some truths
Well they just time to take root
And so the buried soul
Germinates over its years
In the darkness undercover
Until the day its burgeoning tendrils
Finally seek and penetrate the crust of earth
As the light begins to dwell within again
Fusing the soul
To the purpose for which it was born
Never ever again to be torn
Or exiled
Or kept in prison
In a dark and airless place
So very far
From the light of our soul’s true home
Emerging From The Dark Night 
Lovely sweets! hugs!!
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That ones been in drafts for a while vettoed by the inner critic… lol
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I loved it!
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💖💕
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So many of us feel like aliens among people who should be our people.
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I dont always feel so much like that now but I do know I hear the beat of a different drum..but so do many others like us. 💖
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This is such beautiful writing.
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So kind, Mary. Thanks I really almost didn’t post it.
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I’m so glad you did post it. It’s true, raw emotion and it helps others who are feeling the same way realize that they are not alone.
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That is so ecoursging. Im just reading a book on how we are told to think positive but we are wired to be on the lookout for threat and expwrience i te se emotions and sensations.. Russell Harris the author says we are better to embrace so called ‘negative’ feelings rather than deny as they are perfectly natural and act DESPITE them.. So getting to know our raw state is actuallly helpful. I find that encouraging.
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I’m just learning the value of accepting all emotions without judging them as good or bad. They are natural and denying them takes away the wonderful lessons we can find in our lives.
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Yes, yes Mary. I got a great book on that a few months ago. If we notice when me move out of pure feeling into judgements and what happens then as we fuel thoughts and judgement its very interesting. 🙂
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