As days turn into weeks, month and then years
All that we have done, the happiness, the tears
Remain with us, although sometimes forgot
Like the first days of school, what were we taught?
Does it matter now that we are older?
Perhaps more cynical, a little colder?
As the world outside, so disturbed and bleak
How can we see it, and turn the other cheek?
When who we are comes from inside
What bothers us, we cannot run from nor hide
Something’s incomplete, I don’t feel whole
But where this comes from, I do not know
Everyone we’ve been they yet still remain
All we’ve said and done, all loses, all gained
The days left behind are so close by
The people we were only wanting to say hi
Their time with us, perhaps fleeting, so brief
Whether full of joy or crushed by grief
At some level their presence is stored
Not a connection to another, not a penetrating cord
The hardest to bring forward are the ones in pain
All they endured, so hard to see the gain
Yet they are still here, without them I’m incomplete
To have them in front of me, ask them to take a seat
Each of them a voice that wants to be heard
Trapped in my past, like a caged bird
I have grown up, I think, perhaps outgrown
The tapestry of who I am, within they are sown
No longer will I ignore that they’re there
They will be seen, and know that I care
The shame that I felt, the hardships still near
What I feel I am better than, is what I truly fear
This is only a viewpoint, so much more to see
As I call them home, so much to tell me
Of the time that they’re from, long ago from now
A clearer head and heart, the feeling, wow!
As the door stays open, so many more to come in
As pieces become whole, I call upon the child within
Tell me dear one, whatever you have to say
Tell me how it was for you during your days
In this body that is now so much older
That feels stronger and oh so much bolder
I was not always this way and you’re proof
No longer can I ignore, and seem so aloof
You are equal to who I am right here
No matter the in-between years
As I welcome you home, with open arms
Do not be scared, do not be alarmed
I love you so dearly, no matter what you’ve done
I am your divine parents, and you my beloved son
Please share with me, all that you are
No matter where I am, near or far
All who I was, no longer are you shamed
No more will you feel a disparaging name
I thought I could hide from you, but I was dead wrong
As we now come together, a celestial love song
United we stand and divided we fall
Please come to me, break down the wall
That I’ve placed to keep you forgotten, in a cage
The anger, the shame, and at times such rage
The people we entangled with were merely players
At some level helping to expose the layers
Of where my shadows were that I needed to show light
To help me be complete, help me to feel right
I need you with me in order to heal
To open my heart and feel what I feel
Without judgement to let it all flow through
To take all the time needed to get to know you
I can no longer run, as this aches in my bones
As my heart pains with such a gut-wrenching moan
So I ask you, plead, through this cathartic poem
With each passing day from now on, please come home
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