redemption

You are your own redemption

You hold the key to the prevention

Of further shame

Further disconnection

From the wholeness of yourself

You are a star that fell

As the inky night became an empty desert

Where all roads home to yourself

Disappeared with the rising mist

But it was this :

The breaking through of true feeling

The shattering of your defences

That opened your soul

To the redeeming power

Of heart break

And all of the love and acceptance

You lost the way to

Now that you have the strength

To feel it all

Seek out the places where your soul

Feels most at home

Can bear testament to the ways

Of fire

Sunshine

Starlight

And rain

These will be the source of your redemption

And most of all learn to ignore

The nastiness of the haters

For in end

What do they really know

Of a heart that is breaking open

Completely to all of this suffering

All of this wisdom

All of this healing

This is for you

Your soul’s redemption