Remove the facade
that upholds the barrier you’ve barricaded around your heart.
Take off the years—
The ones that yielded false hope
and planted seeds that never took root.
Come.
Come to this place, I will show you—
a place of renewing,
a place of recharging.
This place will isolate you.
All you will see is darkness.
You will feel smothered,
trapped even.
But do not fear.
Don’t let this dark place I’ve brought you to scare you—
For this is a safe place.
It is the place where you will gain insight.
Where the world grows quiet,
and the light within you begins to pulse again.
Begins to gain its heartbeat.
You will begin to revitalize,
to listen for your voice—
The voice given to you
Before you ever emerged from your mother’s womb,
Before the weight of this hard life muzzled you.
There is a transformation taking place
Within this dark place.
New eyes are being given to you—
internal eyes.
You will see what others cannot.
You will speak what others dare not.
Your words will be a beam—
a light post too many.
And within this isolation,
you will be given beautiful colors.
These colors represent your breakthrough.
-Vmack