This Space

A Poem in Three Parts

Part #3

The full moon will shine bright and when I gaze into its light
I will breathe in the power
that it absorbs from the gravitational pull of the world
which I call home.
I will breathe out all that does not belong to me.

In this space.

In this space I will pick my shadow child up and tell her with
love and depth,
“You are indeed good enough.”
And that she is not the cause of all the pain that others feel.
Their discomfort and lack of self-esteem, they are the owners of all of that.
I will tell her to remember that they too have
a space between stimulus and response
and they get to choose as well.
I will release her from the rules that once said
she must be that which makes others comfortable…
I will acknowledge with gratitude that it once saved her,
but she can now take flight
and be the creative knowing soul that she came here to be.

In this space.