Bonds

She cries out, trapped by the commands of the past,
The ropes of the present binding her heart.
She tries to let go, tries to understand
How they could be so invisible
And so Strong.

The brands of her past are underneath her body,
And seared into her soul.
She struggles to break free, crying into the
Night to let her go,
Let her be,
Let her have her Future back,
Again.

The Night closes in,
Binding her tighter and tighter.
The more she struggles,
The tighter they become.

She knows all she has to do
Is to let go,
But the words fall to the ground,
Broken and powerless against the bonds.

She knows all she has to do is to let the Future be,
But It doesn’t know that.

The Future stands as a brick wall,
Neither allowing anyone to pass, nor anyone to see.

Why would the Past lie like this,
Promising Fulfillment, Love, and Being,
Then disappear into the Night?

How can God lie?

It cannot be a lie, cannot be trick, cannot not be.

Then why won’t Love break through?

Why can’t Truth show itself?

Why can’t Right just be?

She wails into the Night,
Her body constricted by the ropes of the Past,
Her heart tied by the promises made.

The promises made with Love,
Bound by Truth,
Forged with Survival,
Strengthened with Passion,
She cannot break free, cannot free her Future.

Shaking with fear,
Crying in fright,
She looks into the eyes of the Mother,
Feeling the soft embrace protecting her from the
Lies of darkness.
Safe in the Mother’s arms,
Falling into her eyes,
She sighs deeply and steps off the Abyss
Into Eternity.

With the Mother’s Love,
The embrace of God,
And the quiet knowing of Self,
She steps off of her World,
Onto Herself.

She is Home,
Safe in her own arms,
As the walls of the Future crumble to the ground,
Opening infinite paths to
Love, Life, and Self.

She has met herselves and joins them,
Arms in arm,
As they set out to make their
Own Futures.