It’s broken. Can’t be fixed.
Systems, structures, violence.
They said. Then, goodbye
Said I inside.
Let me work shadows
Where you will not go yet –
It will be lonely,
I’ll hate you a bit.
Oh I’ll hate me too.
But healing cancer
Is no time to talk
Of how broken it all is.
Unless pain – hold me.
How dare we doubt love,
How dare we bridle a hope,
We cannot yet see.
Goodbye my own grief,
I’ve honored you with presence,
We took a long road.
Goodbye to my hate
You don’t fit inside the fridge –
I cannot eat you,
A bitter case you make –
Not bittersweet chocolate –
Just less room for joy.
Goodbye my cocoon.
Hello again to Shadows
Where light frames forms, lines –
I sit in dark space,
Light a candle, show my face,
Feel, heal pain – grit, grace.
Strike my healing soul
With politically correct –
Hello hypocrite.
We meet again, see –
Maybe it’s not you, it’s me.
Interpretation.
You’re not off the hook
Nor am I – but count your words
Count the ones we’d eat –
Count repetitions,
Use Compassionometer –
Breathe inspiration.
Rebuild from within –
Yes the whole wide world –
Change the lens, framework.
Goodbyes a hard choice,
I don’t run from my shadows –
I’ll dive into them.
With my faith, vision and will;
Have you found yours yet my love?
Miko Hargett
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