I flow like water does in waves,
Surging upward.
I feel it all,
As it courses through the dam,
Breaking down the walls,
Keeping me safe.
Can I be safe without them?
The question lingers as the force recedes…
Ready for the next wave of feeling.
I am safe here in the waters of my soul.
I am safe where life now has me…
In the depths of felt rubble and wreckage,
Washing up on the shores of myself.
I am safe here.
Within and so without.
I am safe now.
I feel it even when feelings are numb…
I am safe.
I am safe here now…
I am safe.
Words washing over the shame,
The trauma, the loss of my life…
Washing away to make clean what was never dirty.
I am safe here…
I hold onto the thought…
Like holding onto flowing water…
Running through my hands…