Unbrace me

Unbrace me

Set me free

Let my heart sing its dreams

Full of longing

And wild imagining

Grant my hidden passion wings

For the pain of fixing to this hurting place

Is making my heart ache

With the burying of its true desire

Free my being

To open in all of those places

It was closed

After years of learning only

The art of self protection

Grant me courage

To embrace the pain

Feeling no shame

Rather than trying to push it

So far away

And remind me

When I feel this ache

That I am closer to the depth

And soul of things

For the open spirit

Dances not only in sunshine

It also learns to sing

Its pure lament

Of broken things

Holding back

Neither disappointment or regret

For weather does not argue with itself

Just embraces the natural mystery

Of storms and snow

And sleet and wind

And the healing energy of sunshine

Equally

Forever surrendering itself to

The healing flow of grace

Even when life turns upon us

The most ugly face

In its quest to unbrace our soul

From the powerful lure

Of the hurting place