Welcome sadness

How sad to be

Scared of sadness

And also how difficult

To run from a grief

That wishes only to be

Welcomed in

Lovingly received

How sad for a culture

To say

That sorrow is an aberration

When it is the foundation of

Longing

Loss and love

What if we just allowed

Sadness a place

A room in our heart

Where we were fully able

To embrace it

Letting it be

Setting it free

Taking the dive

So that we can find

How deep our hearts can go

How wild and strong and free

Is our inner ocean

For as sadness rises

And we allow that tide

We enter the flow of what it means

To be

Most awake

Fully alive

No longer living

In denial

Of emotional truths

That only wish us to

Acknowledge them

Is this not the essence of

Setting our souls free?