Some where

Some where deep inside

You are innocent and vulnerable

But sadly you chose to hide

And also in the end

Chose power over love

This makes me sad for you

I only ever wanted us to be close

But when I asked

So often

You pushed me away

You tried to make me into someone bad

When really I just needed a lot

And so it was

I had to close the door

On need

That need

It seems

To make me into a monster at times

I rage with the pent up fury

Of that inner child

Not just mine

So if you then turn upon me

This penetrating gaze of shame

Or doom me to the silent treatment

Let me become strong in what I feel

There is a pathway home

It lies in trusting the power of all of these

Not so ‘nice’ or ‘acceptable’ feelings

In letting the wild animal

Too long chained and ‘broken’

Free

To roam the stony places

In search of the green and life giving fields

That take us home

To this

Our soul’s

Truth and most deeply felt

Sacred

Authenticity