Softly I wait

Softly I wait

All the anger is gone from me now

All the defences to keep love at bay

Barriers I erected to stop the flow

Of what I most feared

And longed for

Melting away

There is not as much

Hurt here any more

Time has worn it down

Into a tiny stone that I

Turn over and over in my hands

Even as I feel the disappearing sharpness

Of the harsh surfaces that remained

From all the schrapnel lodged

Deep in pyschic tissue

That replayed

Over and over and over

Again

And when you say

I miss you

It is lovely to hear

I try to remember lately

To honor love rather than fear

And take the risk

Always to remember

To embrace

Letting go

And

Tenderness