you let me find
your quiet place,
and asked me
to sit with you
and in the ensuing
silence we said words
we’d never shared
with anyone before –
words of comfort,
love and so much more
words meant only
for our lonely souls to hear
as you lay your hand
over my heart and said,
no matter where i go,
wherever i may be,
just close your eyes
and find me right here.
it’s so easy to say things in the heat of the moment
not caring how the words tumble out
words that carry more than they mean to
words that hurt, maim, and cast doubt
for words have power more than we know
they’ve helped create civilizations and have torn them down too
words have led people to the depths of utter despair
but they’ve also helped so many pull through
it isn’t a difficult task to ask for, really,
to use our words to bring out the good
it’s not easy but it’s worth a try every single day
and maybe some day, we can all be understood.
do you know what you did to me
when i first met you?
do you have any idea how you saved me
how the sound of your voice pulled me through
from the darkness i was drowning from
your words of unconditional love
were the reminders i needed to hear
of all the things i’m deserving of
like life’s little joys
just when i was at my worst
hearing only the awful things i told myself
words so unrelenting… unrehearsed
but somehow you undid all that
even if i had to listen to you on repeat
that even after the day you’d leave
i knew i was already complete.
Morrighan's Muse 