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What If?

Awakenings, Poetic Healing, Poetry

Red heart in a tree trunk on the beach.. Love symbol. Red against black and white

What if the only way to be free
Is to give up all we’ve ever known,
To turn our backs on that which
Has painfully brought us to this place
All the lies we brought inside
And raised like bitter children
Never letting them see the light of day
For fear their faces would be too much to bear

All the stories told late at night
Embedded in our minds
Like hand prints in fresh concrete
First told when only the wind howled in our empty souls
Hands cold from clutching at a heart
Already too far down the path to be constrained

What if we had to admit
That it was all a fallacy,
That grief can’t keep us grounded
And fear won’t make us whole,
That it’s only in receiving
That we’re able to give,
And it’s only in faith
That our hearts open to love?

©SpiritLed 2016

www.ashleybarnescoaching.com

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Posted On: November 28, 2016

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  1. Words from a little person says

    November 28, 2016 at 7:08 am

    Wow I love this – such a beautiful poem

    • Ashley says

      November 28, 2016 at 7:12 am

      Thank you! 💜

      • Words from a little person says

        November 28, 2016 at 12:12 pm

        Your welcome

  2. Morgan says

    November 28, 2016 at 9:53 am

    Truly Splendid 🙂 So beautiful!

    • Ashley says

      November 28, 2016 at 9:55 am

      Thank you! 💜

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