honor yourself: ringing in my ears

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

ringing in my ears

i knew i had to call, but didn't know what
i'd say.

didn't seem to matter, he was taking the lead.
i knew he did that when he didn't want the
conversation to go in certain places.

okay, i thought....i'll follow.

and so i followed.
until he sorta opened the door.

i stepped thru.
'i don't know how to be there for you guys
this week. can you help me with that?'

'let's just talk about other things,' he said.
and he explained to me why.

'of course,' i answered.
and we talked of other things.
except his other things were screaming this
one thing. he never knew it.

but it was deafening on my end.

the ringing in my ears is still with me
this morning.......

1 comment:

Merry ME said...: I have found that it is often in the silence we hear what we need to hear. Perhaps that's all he needed, was some silence, i.e. not going there. You honored that and perhaps that was all you need to do.; November 17, 2009 at 9:35 AM

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it was hers

“they took. they invaded. they pushed. they violated. in so many different ways. a lifetime of pushes and takings and making her feel less than valuable. sitting back, she began to see it. how it had gone on and on. and in seeing it, she began to realize - it was up to her now to shout, to whisper, to sing, to move and to believe in her value. no more taking that from her. it was hers. no more giving it away. it was hers. proudly, with strength and with knowing, she held it. she lived it. she became it.”