Hidden within the darkness of the guts or
within the blinding headlights of the world,
ideas reworked into phrases
search to flee.
They lengthy to be heard,
and absorbed by others.
Nonetheless, these phrases should first discover the braveness
to be expressed,
launched from the recesses
the place they’ve
been buried by worry, ache
or mistrust.
For if they continue to be unstated,
do they really exist?
But they do exist.
They stir throughout the area
between the actual and the unreal,
between darkness and lightweight.
They search to interrupt free, craving for freedom
from the bondage of silence.
From the cracks and crevices of the spirit,
braveness is found, and a gradual exhale follows.
At first, a phrase or two … maybe three … strikes from inside
to a clearing of understanding.
There’s a sense of aid,
as if a weight has been lifted.
Within the sharing of the uncooked and true,
the soul begins to breathe once more …
nonetheless not complete, however much less in ache.
And for now, that’s sufficient.
Michele Luckenbaugh is a affected person advocate.
