Broken Enough

Maybe God breaks our hearts

Open
Over and over
Again until we’re

Broken enough,

Spacious

Enough

To let our Great Big Love in

Until he trusts that we can

Hold it in our

Fragile hands and

Appreciate the beauty,

The miracle

Of what we are

When our eyes laugh together

Haunted

Have you ever felt haunted

By another

Strong soul, dwelling

In your mind

Taking refuge in your heart

Waiting?

Your words pierce me

Their truth poignant and beautiful

Illuminating

You change me

How could there be another

That gets me like you do?

To be seen - really seen - is The Great Gift.

To be tucked inside the love of your Other,

The only dream worth this discontent

Four Sides

Did you know there are

Four sides

To your heart?

I’d been putting all my thoughts

On the front

Thinking that’s where you were

Turns out you were hidden

Way in the back

Accessible only with forgiveness

I let you go today

From the front and the sides

Breathed deep into the regret

Regret for what could have

(Should have?)

Been

I opened and stretched way past

The familiar parts

Into the blind spots

Feels like I shouldn’t even talk about you anymore

You’re not open – it’s not a possibility

Maybe ever in this lifetime

I’ve let you go from the front

Of my heart

Slowly releasing you from the other sides

May take some work

But that is what is

Right