Embrace

Widen your heart more

To embrace the struggling parts of yourself

Punishing thoughts

Than run around in a loop

Never taking you anywhere

Closer to peace

Instead why not engage

The loving witness within

That greater power who shows you mercy

Encouraging you to see the good

In what is slowly

Unfolding

Rest in that comforting sense

If you dare

Of ‘This is as it is’,

And :

Despite my deficits and mistakes

At that time

I did my best

Learn the lesson

Let the punishment go

In a world running crazy

Why not shed

Just a few of these compulsions?

Why not empty yourself of those things that hurt

And draw with your soul

Closer to nature

To the sweet relief

Of unconditional acceptance?

There is happiness to be found here

In allowing what is

In improving and appreciating

What you can

All that you do have

Life can love you

Wants to love you

If you will only

Stop blocking the doorway in your soul

That leads to radical acceptance

And peace