The only rose in your garden

Words don't need to be said

When I can see the way you look at me

A sense of awe

As if I was the only rose

Growing from your garden

I can feel your patience

Melt away who I thought I was

And I stand before you

Unable to hide behind excuses

I can see your heart

Desiring to hug me

A golden truth

That cannot be ignored

Awakening

The serpent wants to awaken

It's teeth is a reminder

That healing is never without pain

From unprocessed emotions

That was easier to push away

Than to feel

The electrical current flows

Leaving my heart vulnerable

But through vulnerability

Is the garden of interconnectedness

Where love holds no stigma

And arousal is natural

I feel the tingling rise and fall like waves

My awareness expands until I see nearly the entire ocean that is me

The darkness is your healing sanctuary

Your fascination with the depths and the taboo

Is not an error

Or an excuse to unconsciously

Carry the weird label or shame yourself

You do not need outward validation

But space to fully explore those depths

And use them to create art

It is your healing sanctuary

Where your soul doesn't need to put on a mask,

Because you have explored this realm before

What comes from the dark

Is your gifts

You do not need plant medicine

To uncover your shadows,

You already have the key

True creativity unlocks when you stop numbing the pain

When you look at darkness

Not as an enemy to kill

But as a playground

For your psyche and creativity,

It's no longer scary,

But beautiful

There is beauty in the darkest waters,

If you're brave enough to find it

Society wants to stop feeling,

The discomfort and pain,

So the list of ways to numb it

Continue to grow

Keeping the soul fragmented,

Where wisdom tries to knock on the door,

But most cannot hear it clearly

It is only through conscious awareness,

And intiation

That the shadows feel safe enough,

To be seen without the inner voices of criticism

Keeping parts of you small,

It's no longer seen as strength

To tolerate situations

Where your energy drains from you,

True strength is walking away,

When people or places feel off,

Your body becomes your alarm system,

An ancient guide

That shows you

How your soul frequency

Responds to unaligned things

Don't run away from pain

When the basket is unstable,

It makes you want to run away

Because it feels like the pain of loving someone else

Starts to claw at your throat

Until you can't breathe

And all you see is the darkness

It's human instinct to crave an escape

From what we fear the most,

To never receive the kind of love

That we truly desire

But we forget the warmth

The moments where our hearts

Collectively knew that it would all be okay

That pain wasn't the full story

And love is the medicine

Not the band aid