Illumination

I fell asleep last night

feeling heavy

spending hours as I

tossed and turned

through all the

layers of my sheets

•

Draped in judgment

cushioned safely in

unwanted opinions

and projections —

•

Who w/could I be

when I give

this shame away?

•

Peeling back the

first, only foreign

remains revealed

underneath the

surface.

•

Years fighting within

my own vessel, a

violent voice echos

through the cracks:

“make my mind mute”

•

But a knowing

softly simmers in a

home of deep resilience that

serves without notice

to an owner

who is - dissonant.

•

Still, what’s raw burns

the palms of the

brave, who are

seeking;

so ignite me.

•

Blazing a brilliance

no eye will see just

where one ember meets the

core, yet “you’re glowing!”

•

My! a wild

inferno impassioned in

me?

•

Soot smudged edges

enlighten, and yet I am

no dust nor ash,

I am; light.

- Illumination