Riding the storm

I rode the storm with you

A bareback rider feeling the power

Of primal need

Surging through these open fields of fantasy

Relishing the cooling breeze

But this fractured world

So often despises

Wild unadulterated need

And vulnerability

And so those most in need of protection

Understanding and love

So often fall.through the cracks

Into restless churning waters

The storm that moves across the waters

Leaves us flailing

As the distant hope of solid ground fades

Leaving only a resounding sound of

Hollow emptiness

And yet here hidden deep within it

There is a witness self

Rising too

Who is more than willing to hold you

To give you comfort

It will tell you

Child I know this hurts

And it may seem hard to understand

And yet there is a learning that only the storm can bring to you

There is a healing that only this

The almost drowning and flailing in churning seas

Can bring to blossom

Inside of you