The message is coming through loud and clear
today
from so many disparate sources
What I am hearing
is
“I am capable of so much
the genuine me
is just waiting to express himself.
Your dreams are real
Let them happen”
What I feel
is
Afraid
Holding back the tears
Stifled by the protective crust
I’ve built around the genuine me
What I long for
is
Mindfulness
that
shows me where my heart is hard
unlocks the tears and
in doing so breaks my heart
to the preciousness of my life
the uniqueness of my genius
the unending grief of my losses
and my immeasurable capacity to love
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[With thanks to a Susan Piver article for most of the words in the last stanza.]