For both of us

Sometimes I feel the darkness in my heart

In response to the ignorance or the leaving

Actions or reactions

That were never meant to burn

But can all so easily

Turn my guts into a place of fire

When the thwarted desire

To be close to you

Gets eclipsed

Then I feel all that is vulnerable within me

Wanting to shut tight closed

The open door of my heart

Or break so very far away

From a place where I can be hurt

And what gets lost in translation

Is the remembering of your caring

And the awareness

That none of what you do is personal

So why must I take it

So much to heart?

Perhaps even realising this

Means there may be a chance for me

To finally make a brand new start

To recognise when that soft sore spot

In me is touched

And learn to answer the wound

With caring compassion and love

For both of us