Healing fields

In these healing fields

Lie down with me

Side by side

Take my hand

And let us gaze with wonder

At the stars

Feeling underneath us the holding

Of our mother

Too long ago we became desolate wanderers

You and I

At this time of year memories come

Of how far I had to travel

Away from myself

Away from the sadness

Not knowing at the time how desperate I was

For refuge

And then all of those years later

When we argued

All of the venom came out

As all of the pain of that fracture that led

Me deeper and deeper into the abyss of

Addiction

I am no longer that young woman

So torn apart inside

Slowly over time

These fractured pieces of my life

Are mending

Or being gathered

Scattered through recollection

Of remembering

Feeling

And weaving

Into a tapestry and a holding place

Where my soul can finally find

A home

And when we met

I sensed in you

This similarity

As we both continued to swim within

Our isolation

There will be a time for

Holding hands

For telling stories

For sharing a meal

But most of all I pray for this

On a morning of golden sunlight

Or on an evening of dancing moonbeams

To walk with you towards an open field

And there under a canopy of celestial magic

Lie down

Hand in hand

Feeling only this

The pure and utter healing

Joy and simplicity

Of being