Risk

Where do I find the truth

Amongst this mess

As I hear the soul in both of us

That longs so much for tenderness

Yet is trapped within this brutal world

That so often turns a deaf ear

Encouraging us to become blind

To the true origin of our woes

What might it mean for us to find the way home

To that place where all of our needs

Were fulfilled

Within the circumference of

Our own heartbeat

Not that we should not ache for tenderness

But that we should first of all

Feel it for ourselves

And encourage then the movement out

From that deeply centred place

Never to abandon our soul

Instead finding the courage

To stand firm

While taking the risk

To honestly admit

What we most truly feel

And hunger for