The Cloud of Forgetting

We dream with the ears

we dream with the tears

and through the years

we feel the toxic shame that came

and we learn again,

as through the centuries:

 

it comes so it does

to go where it must,

and it is up to us to trust

it is not ours to keep,

so we must let it go,

and sleep the long sleep in peace.

 
After the longest drive through life,

we arrive in a safe place of grace

Surrendering all to pure hope and Love -

now

there is peace beneath the shame that came,

and joy shines in to bring the cloud of forgetting. 

 

Written on the Winter Solstice of June 22, 2023 

BP photo: Forget-me-nots blooming September 30, 2025