Holding onto love

Holding onto the love I feel

Helps me to see when either you or I

Are reacting in fear

I do not know the inner workings of your soul

The silent pain you carry

Or the struggle you had to survive

And in order to gain an inner clarity

Hold onto love

Especially when things are difficult

I can still use my sword

When I need to cut away

The binding cords of entrapment

The tangled up brambles of self illusion and defense

That keep me away from sensing

The hidden and vulnerable soft spot

Of your inner child’s heart

Love is a choice

And so is fear

When I hold on to love

I choose to see the good in you

Beneath the wounding and the pain

A good you may never get to live or realize

When my perspective shifts

From emotional insight and clarity

Becoming darkly clouded

By attack, blame

Judgement

Shame and fear