Heart

Holding back the hurt, the malice,

the shame.

Dictating, demanding the writing of the script of life

to cleanse the unmet needs.

Fill the hole, the loneliness the emptiness

Lost.

It is possible to live a whole life lost and never realize that you are.

The struggle a divine passage a journey of warriors.

Seeking, praying, failing, giving up,

Beginning again.

Alone or with others, it does not soothe the ache.

Reaching, yearning, grasping for some truth, a way, a sign

Desperation breeds insanity.

Letting it all go, watching it burn, the rite of passage

Excruciating it is

Until

The light pulls you in and saves you from your miserable childish

Self

                 ~Lori Ellis~McKinney (2010)