Traumatic past

You were both so vulnerable and young

And all around you vast forces were swirling

Alone you were sent

Into a wilderness

Seeking a way to survive

Please forgive my blindness and ignorance

I was only a child too

And it was so hard to make sense of all of this

Pain and struggle you carried

It is not always so easy to rise above

To see the truth through eyes of love

Freeing our souls from the ignorance of illusions

When so much turmoil, challenge and confusion

Surrounds us

I will with the rest of my life

Vow to honor you

I will give up my over indulged self

But not give up on love and hope and joy

Too

Sadly we still live so deeply embroiled

Within times of emotional conflict and of war

When the old powers do not see deeply enough

Into the fear they are living

Bound up inside

Just acting it our wantonly

But wiser voices will rise

As the tide continues to rise too

Please listen to them

For this is a time

When

Redemption could be so very close

If only we will no longer turn

A deaf ear

A blind eye

And an unfeeling heart

Towards the painful lessons

Of a collectively deeply painful

And traumatic past