Gifts

Thank you for the gifts you share

Out of your dark struggle to live

Thank you for the honesty you display

In always telling the truth

Of how it is for you

Without fear or favour

Of other’s reactions

Thank you for holding up a light

So that we can all see deep into the darkness

And for reminding us that darkness can be transformed

When we have the courage to meet it

And kneel

Kissing the ground

Accepting it into our heart and mind

Body and soul

In order that it can transform

And educate our inner life and soul

Thank you for the reminder

That lost and pain and suffering

Are not the final things

That because of all of these

We can find a way to bring

Courage, hope, love, faith, heart, compassion

In

Lighting the way forward for everyone

Who also struggles at times

Or feels themselves to be

All alone

Deep inside the dark