You observe another year
of your life
pass by,
and you marvel
from your hearts deep silence
as you gaze back
at the beaten path,
with all its destruction,
and searing pain,
which forced in you
a new,
vulnerable growth
that you never wanted
or asked for.
Seemingly,
now on this of all days,
the world suddenly offers you a present.
It lifts you gently out of the dark void
so that your squinting eyes
must slowly adjust
to this new light.
and the ears of your ears
must listen attentively
to these new,
emerging
sounds.
The world has finally taken pity,
if only for awhile,
extends its unfamiliar hands,
and invites you in from the cold.
It wraps you up in a warm blanket -
like a gift.
The world tells you:
"For right now,
in this moment,
you are alright,
you can lay your head down,
you can rest your mind,
It's O.K."
"You have to sit in the very bonfire of your distress, and you sit there till it's burned away, and it's ashes, and it's gone." -Leonard Cohen
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