We have to find a way

Do not let this darkness reign

We have to find a way

To live in peace

To seek relief

To slow down and to love

And most of all to appreciate

Hurt it happens

Trauma sears our souls

And dark painful experiences live on

Hidden often underneath

This cover of shadows

But let us lift the veil

And let the sunshine in

Even as the moon casts its soft glow

Do not let yourself remain a prisoner of the night

Yes, darkness

It kept you safe

And sleep it brings with it

The nightly reprieve of forgetting

If only for a while

And sometimes even in dreams

After nightmares abate

Love rises up from deep inside our suffering

Like a storm

Love we need you

Tenderness we ache for you

Compassion

Only you are the deep running

Soothing spring

And only you

Can bring

Necessary healing

To all of this

Deep soul suffering