Hardness

Your Beloved Ian

when faced

with a challenging

circumstance will say

'This is HARD'

and he's right...

being absent

from Beloveds

trapped in turmoil

and terror

is hard

feeling distant

in the midst

of instantaneous and

inevitable danger

is hard

staying silent

in the throes

of actual and 

anticipated agony

is hard

and yet

hard things

in Creation

can caramelize

what's petrified

for protection

in fear

and cauterize

old wounds

and catalyze

new ways

of opening

and flexing

and adapting

and evolving

and Being

in Love

so may

the Hardness

not harden

our Heads

but humble

our Hearts

and penetrate

our Psyches

and soften

and Spirits

and harness

our energies

like Horses

to ride

onto new trails

into new Realities

of Healing

in the Rhythm

of Revealing

and swaying

to the Music

of neighing

the Song

ever sung

in Love...

(even in absence

and distance

and Silence...)

Let It Be.

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('Stained Glass Horse' © Dianne Connolly)