When Her Heart Opens Up

The heart that opens up,
to the word around her,
allowing the wind to blow,
through the curtains of her window,
is able to embrace love,
when it presents itself at her doorstep.
Full of joy she opens her arms,
recognizing kindness,
when it presents itself.
She buys flowers,
and puts them on her table,
and bakes a cake to share with friends.
She laughs in freedom,
and speaks her mind,
when someone asks her a question.
Unafraid she presents herself,
to a world so different than her own.
She has faith in her Creator
and awaits His presence full of love,
and when He comes,
she presents to Him the same woman,
she has presented to everyone else.
Her soul blooms in the knowledge,
that someone loved her,
before the world ever could.
She does not hold on to rejection,
but finds peace in her temporary solitude,
relying on God to provide,
new and exciting adventures for her life.
When the heart opens up,
trust is able to find peace,
in a world so fickle in her being,
because she belongs to God,
who carries her in His hands,
and bring her more love,
than any human being ever could.

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Set Free

The always present force of Love,

that cradles a baby in her sleep,

lives in the depths of me.

Ever present, it is an energy,

with lungs that breaths light,

and a heart that beats,

on the purity of His own soul.

In the gentlest touch I find Him,

asking Him to never leave me alone,

and I try to hold on tight,

to the soft robe that holds me.

I cry bitter tears of feelings,

I generally never feel,

where grieve and joy have immersed,

into one big emotion,

that overwhelms every inch of me.

I am trying to overcome the fear,

trying to prevent me from coming closer,

but it swallows me up like a whale.

Inside the whale, I live for three years,

until finally, I am let go,

and love grabs me in one single flow.

All I had to learn was to let go!

The released control can no longer,

find me where I have always been –

I have moved on.

Moved on from the fear and grieve,

that pestered me for so long.

All there is left is deep peace,

that welcomes the silence like sleep,

cradles me in the evening.

Love has taught me to grow,

to let go of the control inside me,

and to release the butterfly,

that has been imprisoned in my soul,

all this time.

I have moved on,

from everything I used to be,

and everything that I have done,

or has been done to me.

I have moved on,

and the splinters of my cocoon,

are the only evidence of who I used to be.

Today, at the hand of Love,

I have finally become,

who I was always supposed to be –

today, I am free!