Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Hidden Somewhere

I feel your pain. It whispers of self denial.
I want to tell you
that your heart will always belong
a little bit,
to the first your heart loved.
But it grows back.

Sometimes to heal whatever wound you may have
you must find a piece of yourself
that you have always been unwilling to give.

Hide this piece in
the arms of a tree.
Wrap it in soft moonlight,
lovingly press it to the rough bark
and tell this little secret of your heart-

About your dreams of children,
about your endeavors of joy,
about the freedom found in a sharpened pencils and smooth keyboard keys.
Hide it in a nook.

Never go back to look.

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