on awakening...

Every so often it happens
That a thing will emerge
A path with become
A person will appear
And you are drastically changed.
Not by them
One cannot blame
But certainly in the context of them
You have shifted
Enormously.

Welcome to my life.
In this moment I exist
(Utterly)
Grown.
Becoming.
New.
Sliding.
Back.
Into myself.

This has been a long journey.
A desperate journey.
A hard journey.
One that has skinned my knees,
My heart,
My soul.
One that has driven me into hiding.
Only to find my eyes stinging from the adjustment into light
One that has buried my feelings so deeply
Only to realize no matter how far away I remove them
They still are valid.
Still important.
Still mine.
Still me.

This journey has brought me here.
Back to me.
And now also to you.
Your reflection
Holding all the many pieces
The parts
Not broken
Not separate
Here in my hands.
I am learning to love me
With you
While you learn to love you
With me.

And this, 
This.
It is the hardest
And most beautiful lesson
I have ever been present for.
Thank you, my dear heart.
For leading me here.