healing the memory

today I will sit with the memory

of your hand in mine

I will draw comfort from the many times

you tried to support me

I will try my best to let the failures go

and remember the many kindnesses

sometimes we set our sights upon a magnifying glass

especially when loneliness or pain

come calling

soon we find ourselves falling

deeper and deeper into the abyss

of senseless events

and it becomes impossible to find rest

inside the torment

and helplessness

but we only endured all of this

to know without a doubt

what we must no longer settle for

there is a time to leave the pain behind

that time is now

though portions of it will linger

triggered into awareness

from time to time

deep inside we know it wasn’t right

but we cannot fight reality

surely the easiest way to be free

is to open our heart to it all

accepting fully

the pain of this

our brave and courageous fall

into reality.