Category: Quieting

I searched

until I found

a gentle way

that included

all parts of me

I had so tenderly

healed,

all that remained

unhealed,

and all that

was born

because I had merged

two paths.

It was possible

to amplify tenderness —

to hold

and heal

pieces of Self

grown tired

from all the pushing

against

old wounds

needing to be

honored,

not exploited,

and all the back-and-forth

originally intended

to turn us back

toward our hearts.

There was risk,

of course.

But continuing

in the direction of

separation

had become too painful.

We had been healing

at the root.

And so we held our

ground

and found our way —

through my willingness

and yours.