Many years ago
They left you all alone
A young and unformed being
Trying her best to find her way
In a world peopled by strangers
So sometimes when I see where this killer isolation
Has taken all of us
I know I must look much further back
And turn my back on the professionals
There is a cry trapped deep inside of you
I hear it all of the time
As I see the deep phantoms of haunted unloved spirits
Swimming deep inside the dark pools of your eyes
Today was the closest I have ever seen you to tears
And then it was I felt the sister and the mothers there
A lineage of pain so long and tangled
Its threads all jumbled up, so in need of unravelling
There are really no words for what it is I sense
Deep inside of you
Struggling to rise
I only know I felt its sting so deep inside my heart
This place you are in
This haunted lonely place
I know it so so well
It is a deep well
And only time will help us to rise
From under its weight
Only time
And wisdom
And soul understanding
Dreams
Visions
Struggle
And silence
Emerging From The Dark Night 
Wow. Another elegant and beautifully written piece, my friend. You’re capturing the human emotional state in a stunning way. Wonderful. ❤️🙏😊🌸
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Thats amazing to read much appreciate your valuable feedback, Jeff.
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You’re very welcome, my friend.
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I feel such a powerful and wise insight expressed here. You are making big steps in your journey.
I relate to this poem as well. This sort of finding of a deeply buried part, but also seeing we are very familiar with the part too.
I recently came across the “Internal Family System” model. I don’t know much about it. But I found some helpful insights in it. Felt like a very compassionate view of each and every part living within us.
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I must look into that. I see both parents inner kids in my siblings. I do feel we internalise their dynamics does this relate to Family Systems Therapy at all?
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I just recently discovered the Internal Family Systems approach so I’m still unclear of the details. The part that really stood out to me is the idea that it is a normal part of the human mind to be made up of different personalities so to say. There are exiled parts and protector parts. There are no “bad” parts. All are trying their best to protect and keep the persons going. However some parts are stuck in a protection mode that no longer matches the environment. The model also has a “self” concept it thinks all of us have. And from that grounded place we are able to communicate compassionately and calmly to the protectors and figure out what they are up to.
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That makes si sense and correlates to traumatised parts that become bound in fear, thus self protection
Donald Kalsched writes a lot about that. I also read a good book on the Inner Critic that shows how it develops to protect the child through criticism. I have a post on that I will send to you when I find it. Thanks so much for sharing that. I am going to research it.
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Well express and excellent flow mate
The scars we wear are our war paint through many dips into the forge” Primal R.e.p.r
Alex
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