I love you darling
I know you are sad
But I want you to know that
You should feel so proud too
Of the person you are
For so many years
I let the critic tear you down
I surrendered power to that inner voice
That did not speak with love
All of that is changing now
There is a place for you here
I will let you rest
Enjoy the silence
Seek those things that bring your heart
Both joy and meaning
I think there is a leaving that needs to happen
Now
A surrender of old patterns
Unending loops of pain and distress
That lead you no where
An unravelling of all of the pain
You felt you had to hide
And felt so much shame about
I love you darling
Who you are is just fine with me
You can care for others
But the feeling I have now is that
You will never be free
Putting their needs above your own
Go gently darling
Enjoy the ride
Allow all of that feeling and passion you hold
Deep inside
To warm and guide you
Take pleasure in the beauty
That surrounds you
Bask in its healing
Go to the places where
Earth mother nourishes you
Taste the rain
Surrender the pain
As your soul unravels
As your sacred feet travel lightly
Along this winding path
That leads you
Deep into the valley of letting go
Emerging From The Dark Night 
I love the mix of love and apology you’ve expressed towards the inner child here. This poem shows the presence of an inner parent and inner child, which I feel is the fullest of relationships with self. I hear tenderness in this poem, I love it!
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My therapist also loved this one when I read it to her yesterday. I am really feeling how good I am deep inside lately and how much damage was done mostly out of parental ignorance and neglect. This helps us powerfully disable the inner critic who always blocks us off from Gods unconditional love and our own. Love that you loved it. How are you?
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I love to hear that you are connecting to your inner child. I do feel that as we build up the connection with our inner child the inner critic loses power. And we are free to feel more and more of God’s love, our own, and the love from other’s around us.
I’ve been doing well. Ups and downs. I went off my antidepressants a little over a month ago. Which was certainly an adjustment period. And a few weeks after I quit them, I went no contact with my mother. Which was another adjustment.
But, I’m feeling really good most days now. Sort of like a million tons was lifted off of me. Which makes me feel horrible, and guilty to say! But it’s a truth I think I need to observe and acknowledge. I am gaining such a self-confidence and seeing myself with much kinder eyes. I’m still trying to process what this all means.
Going to start EMDR therapy finally this month.
I suspect the part of me that has been hurting all this time needs help reprocessing my childhood. It’s sort of rising up to the surface now, the full reality of it all. I’m finally allowing my feelings to be “true”, and going to try to work through them. Believing myself has taken over a decade.
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The more ypu can separate out your own loving inner parent to comfort and cintain and hold during that rising up process the more you will free, release and understand. It helps to have another loving witness but only building this living inner connection heals us ultimately. You are doing so well and to be honest I’m so relieved you are off the ant depressants. 🤗❤️🌹💃
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I’m curious how you are feeling these days. How are you doing?
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I am out ar the moment so I’ll reply to thus a little later. I’m moving through a lot righr now.
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