Poem: You Have to Go Deep to Heal

you have to go deep to heal

you have to go deep
where the light thins out
and memory speaks in riddles.

past the surface wounds
that scab for show—
go where it aches
in the quietest way.

you have to dig
beneath the stories you told
to survive,
beneath the names you took
to be loved,
beneath the silence
you mistook for peace.

there is a door
in the dark you sealed
with fear,
and it waits
for your trembling hand.

you have to go deep
where the salt of grief
meets the marrow of truth.
you will bleed clarity.
you will cry in old tongues.

but there—
in the raw of what was never said,
never grieved,
never touched—
you will find
your beginning.

and healing
will not be loud,
but holy.

Thank-you for reading.

Remember there are many paths back to God.

Follow your own path,

     💖🌹Brenda Marie💖🌹
Spiritual Life Coach & Soul Writer