[Thespiritexpress] Poem Read at last "Pathwork"

[Riantee Rand]

Yes Toni, powerful, profound and precious for all of us because it gives us the courage to mtake mit bacvk and embrace it.
Here is a poem as another way to say it:

The protest 2018 – To my Spirit House Brothers and Sisters

 

Yes I protest

the life that has given me no life,

the circumstances that have made me a victim

of a belief that is not mine,

of a fate that does not belong to me.

 

I protest the things I did because I thought

I had to

and the ones I did

in rebellion and resistance,

the books I read because I had to learn

and was told it was the only way

to acquire knowledge .

 

I protest the enlightment I sought

that made me blind to the light,

that light that shines within me

every moment to be rekindled

by words,

by flame,

by rock,

by the whisper of the river,

the shimmering scales on the ocean’s skin,

the velvet of your voice,

the twinkle in your eyes,

and the smile forever stretching

beyond the limits of the unknown,

to be known

by the love of my friends,

	brothers and sisters in the circle,

my ancestors,

my children,

and all my relations,

by the love of the father and the mother,

that love that is always with me

so close and yet so far

when I forget to step out

of all the have-to, the must, the should,

of the prison of who I thought I was,

through a closed door always opened

when I remember who I truly am.

that door now so wide and welcoming

when I walk into your circle.

 







> On Jul 27, 2023, at 16:44, Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> 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
>> 
>> Retrieval
>>  I want it all back.
>> Every time I hung my head,
>> every word held on my tongue,
>> every lie I’ve told,
>> every piece of me I bought or sold,
>> thinking it would get me love.
>>  
>> I want it back.
>> The beg-your-pardons,
>> the I-didn’t-mean-tos,
>> the bowing out backwards,
>> the pleading, performing, and scheming.
>> The seducing and hiding.
>> The waiting.
>> The pretending to be what I’ve never been
>> with a righteous, condescending
>> “I’m above that” grin.
>>  
>> Give it to me.  
>> The key to unshackle my shame,
>>  my anger and blame.
>>     I want to own it, wear it, and not have to explain.  
>>                                                                                                                                                          I want the truth to embrace
>> As I take back the pain.
>>  
>> I want to conjure-up all my fears in a potion,
>> I want to drink it and swallow all my emotions.
>> I want to own the devil in me  -   take back my power - get myself free-
>>  I want the whole of me strutting
>> when I walk down the street
>>  
>> I want my dark, down, dirty self back,
>>  
>> Its black magic wings
>> arched at my shoulders,
>> then aimed like a warrior’s arrow,
>> I’m going to bend the bow of my body
>> so far back that nothing but its original target
>> is clear, and then, Lord Mama,
>>  
>> I’m gonna let go.
>>  
>>  
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