when there is safety
and deep roots
the healing can start

Like an earthquake that loosened
those deep ancient roots
what was hidden has now surfaced
to be healed or revealed

Healing is not linear
or a one and done
like all life circumstance
it is cyclical and spiral

When it comes back to
the surface, it is not
a failure, a revisiting of
past wounds

It is an opportunity
to use my lived experience
to deeply heal what was
shameful and dark

to be turned over
during this cycle
re-examined and not
discarded

no more
no more