There was sadness

There was sadness

That is true

There was an aching and a loneliness and a void

You left me with

As a child

When you were there but did not hear me

There was a time I felt so like a stranger

Though I knew deep inside my heart

What love must feel like

Too often it disappeared

But even now I know there was wisdom too

Some kind of inner realising

From a young age

There is a time your soul just knows

Too

That it must embrace this suffering

There is a time your soul comes to realise

It was never the whole of you

There is a time when freedom is shown

As a river that runs clear

After all of the blood and fears are shed

There is a crying that shatters your soul

But in shattering breaks it open to this

Undeniable truth

For an awakened soul

There is no way to feel

And be fully alive

Without love