[Thespiritexpress] Poem Read at last "Pathwork"

[Carlie Abbott]

Thank-you Toni,.....I support your process in "taking it all back".  It 
is such a comfort to be going through this with you and those in the 
Pathwork group.

With much love to all.....Carlie

On 7/27/23 4:44 PM, Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress wrote:
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>> *This is dedicated to all of us who are serious about shadow 
>> work…….its challenges and ultimate rewards……with love….Toni*
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>> *Retrieval*
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>> I want it all back.
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>> Every time I hung my head,
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>> every word held on my tongue,
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>> every lie I’ve told,
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>> every piece of me I bought or sold,
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>> thinking it would get me love.
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>> I want it back.
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>> The beg-your-pardons,
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>> the I-didn’t-mean-tos,
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>> the bowing out backwards,
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>> the pleading, performing, and scheming.
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>> The seducing and hiding.
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>> The waiting.
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>> The pretending to be what I’ve never been
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>> with a righteous, condescending
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>> “I’m above that” grin.
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>> Give it to me.
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>> The key to unshackle my shame,
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>>  my anger and blame.
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>>     I want to own it, wear it, and /not/ have to explain.
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>>                            I want the truth to embrace
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>> As I take back the pain.
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>> I want to conjure-up all my fears in a potion,
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>> I want to drink it and swallow all my emotions.
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>> I want to own the devil in me  -   take back my power - get myself free-
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>>  I want the whole of me strutting
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>> when I walk down the street
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>> I want my dark, down, dirty self back,
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>> Its black magic wings
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>> arched at my shoulders,
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>> then aimed like a warrior’s arrow,
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>> I’m going to bend the bow of my body
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>> so far back that nothing but its original target
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>> is clear, and then, Lord Mama,
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>> I’m gonna let go.
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