The layers of the heart know no bounds
They close up bloom wilt and shutdown
They quiver to grief
Laughter and joy
It blooms open with love
Hope and being alive
We go through cycles of life's tides
We experience so much that builds and undermines
We experience so much in the heart
The layers become shrouded hidden and torn
Like relics of curtains in abandoned homes
They become sheltered away trying to ignore life's storms
Being battered by the broken windows alone
For as women, we are the bearers of life
We are the givers the shelter in storms' turbulent times
The ones who sacrifice for all else to be
The ones who say it is okay to sleep.
We are the layers of our heart
When our babies grow
We lose our self light
We do and do for all
We forget who we are
We don't know anymore
We see the changes
Things pass us by
We begin to feel unneeded
No longer fuelled by desire
We sit in grief not knowing what's next
Not knowing what's to come or what to do or how to become
Is this all?
You numb out of life
You robot your days
You hide away as a hermit with no outside contact for days
The years roll into decades
You are numb you don't feel your heart in your body any more
Then the day comes with shattering news
The day your heart layers are frozen and you cannot move
You are no longer the shelter but need to be sheltered in your own storm
But who's there to hold you in the layers of their heart as you ride an unimaginable storm?
Through the years of being for everyone
You have tightened up and never come undone
Now the unthinkable the call no one wants to hear
How do you undo the frozen layers of a heart that lives in fear?
You see it all, the broken moments
Long held onto pain
The reality of those who take advantage every day
Where you fit
where you don't belong
Those who don't care and expect you to always be strong
How do you reverse a dis-ase?
A dis-ease created by emotional self-held lies
Who will be there when you need them most
Who will hold you and tell you it is okay to let it all go?
who will be your shelter from this life storm?
About the Creator
Donna Morgan
I am a lover of the mystical the magical and the spiritual.
I write to heal myself and to share my journey with anxiety and life that I experience through my feelings.
I love to write it is my healing place.
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Oof, this hit me so hard! Such an emotional poem! So beautifully written!