Anger courage and grace

When my heart bleeds

From its invisible cuts

And anger blows up like a bonfire

Raising heat and dust

Thank you for hearing me

Withstanding the flames

And not letting a rust attach itself

To our connection again

Life is showing me lately

How often deep pain

Leads only to ongoing litanies of blame

Which take us away from the heart broken bleeding place

But when things are hurting and so sore

What is to be gained by keeping score

And burning everything up

There is a time for the fire to rage

But also a time comes

To turn the page

On what is passed beyond the point

Of redemption

For some wounds will always bleed

Until the ground all around

Is saturated with stains

Leaving patterns

But when everything else shatters

When the pain is no longer contained

Just scatter gunning destruction everywhere

At times like these

Can we truly care

For the pain

Expressed by the utterly heart broken

And offer at least

Some potential repair

By witnessing it all

With courage

And the grace

Hidden

All mixed up inside