Monday, October 27, 2014

HEALING- A POEM

You do not have to take pills
Nor lie anxiously on the couch wading through hours of mindless exploration
To heal

You need only know that you're asleep
And awaken to the freedom of awareness
The glimpse of a fleeting reflection that whispers: "Wait! That is me!"

So talk to me, and I will listen
Even while outside the leaves fall from autumn’s weary trees and children chase each other in the park,
And the afternoon shadows creep toward the street then cross it with the determination of a youngster refusing his mother’s hand.

The haunt of distant memories is the nightmare of your sleep.
The world goes on nonetheless, waiting patiently for your participation, waiting for you to wake up, waiting to share its whimsical secret with you:
Our separateness is a delusion.


Written at AACAP in San Diego October 2014

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