Darling you were never born for the dark
with that light that shone
like golden sunlight in your smile
don’t you see why they wanted to kill it
or cut you down to a size
that would fit the small box they lived in
you thought it scary and strange
but where is there for you to go but out
out of this body,
out of this life,
in to drugs and booze
the refuge where you can turn
all burning and hurting inside
drinking wildfire down
taking it into your stomach
acid rain
so much pain
for years and years and years
and then deep into the wilderness you travelled
wandering with cut off hands
you found the prince to rescue you
he took you to the land he knew
and you grieved there deeply
for other lives and pain
you only knew unconsciously
through deeper cells
now you stand beyond it
on an open plain
a place
where all the darkness suddenly reveals
the truth
loss of a consciousness
that could only be birthed in a later generation
through your own complete exile from love
you travelled alone
so deep down into the dark
and found there after all the weeping
a buried light
a small hidden flickering flame
a tiny ember of life
guarding it you sought and sought
the den of the wise woman
here you nurture it together
until everything is aflame
and you finally know your own truth
and finally is revealed
your golden hidden self
that shines with a radiance
nothing can diminish
