My ego quakes
Everything in the dark inside me shifts
and breaks
Light peers through the cracks
Illuminating the shadows
That once held me back
The blindfolds that I wear
One for sex one for sleep
How many more blindfolds did I choose to keep
Hiding beneath the safety of a story
The darkness can’t see pain or glory
Just as the night strips us of our senses
Flying wildly and putting up defenses
Wake up
Strong emotions don’t need to be reckless
Command the energy
Create
There’s giving love
There’s receiving love
There’s being love
There is giving
There is receiving
There is being
If you be as you truthfully are
You will give without expectation
You will receive without hesitation
And within you begins the restoration
My heart beats with this message from the trees
From hawk and hummingbird and the earth around me
A circle forms
The light returned
I take with me the lessons learned
All in a moment
I break open