The Ache

It’s back.

Tight. Squeezing. Dark.

Burning.

A thundering reverberation

Of emotions

That threatens to overwhelm

Perhaps annihilate

As it crashes against every cell

Wave after suffocating wave.

Staying.

Wordlessly.

Until, bereft of energy,

It and I begin to recede.

Then a quivering softness

A tender broken openness

Arising and gently embracing

Inner and outer

Self and other.

 

 

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