Released-A Poem

What was holding me,

To the emptiness of infertile ground

What was tethering to me,

A tangled concentration of anguish

What was weighing down,

Into a vortex to which my soul would slip away, invisible

What had robbed me,

Of authenticity

Suddenly,

In a space,

Where the Divine was welcomed in,

Where revered words,

And sacred ritual

And the elements of Creation

And the cleansing of fire

And the care of Women,

Lifted me,

Out of the depths

Until the scales fell,

Cracking away from my skin,

Until the pain subsided,

Washed away in eternal rivers

Until I regained,

What had been torn away from who I was,

Beloved

Of

The

Creator

And I could stand,

Once

More.

Ache’