Hold Space
when you find yourself
and you learn to love her
others will come
to See the light you’ve worked so hard to find
they will come
and they will leech.
When they feel empty,
they will blame you
you’ve played the chasing game
but theirs has just begun
so please, tell me now
that you will take a step back
take an objective stance
and see that when they hurt you
it is only because they hurt inside
do not forfeit your joy
and certainly do not forfeit your light.
For their hungry hearts will grow tired
of your unwillingness to give It up
do not allow others’ pain to shape your joy
do not allow their emptiness to drain your fulfillment
do not give up the person you have worked so hard to become
because there will be days it will appear easier
to be one with the game they’re all playing
feeding one another’s egos
so they too may be fed
but no one’s got no one’s back
..unless it entails keeping a gun behind it..
trigger loaded
and when it’s pulled we all react so well
Stop
Drop
Roll
We’re so good at asking questions
…
after the fact
‘Cause we are all so fucking busy playing dumb
wondering why the gun was loaded,
why was the trigger pulled?
cause everyone’s hurting
but we ignore the pain
everyone’s living in vain
or hiding in shame
.Now, if we’d all take a moment.
A moment of silence in remembrance
not just of the forgotten ones,
But Who We Were when it all began
Because it’s not that we don’t know,
Not that we can’t heal,
but years of distraction can convince one of anything
That: the emptiness is real
the pain is the truth
disparity is our state
So God, take me back
to the moment we fell from Grace
Show me purity of soul
Show me Love’s true essence
Remind me of Life’s true Blessing
Because through you, we live on
And through us, you the same
God grant me patience
To be understanding
of where we all reside within ourselves,
in the time we reside there
Grant me your eyes,
to See the greatest parts of the hurting souls
Not so that I may excuse their behavior,
but so that I may maintain a level of Hope
in Who They Are beneath the pain
Allow me to hold space for others,
so that when I lie on the other side of the line,
When I lie on the side of darkness,
I know that someone will hold space for me
Someone who too has asked for your patience
has asked for Your understanding
has asked for Your eyes
So that they may see the greatest parts of me, in my hurt
Not so that they may excuse my behavior,
but so they may maintain a level of Hope
in the person I Am beneath my pain.