Intimacy

I know you, I've been there

Sure there is some genuineness

There is a desire to connect

But there are also many masks

It's an act

It only seems real

Because everyone else does it

Playing the game

Doing what you believe you need to

In order to be accepted

By those whose approval you seek

Thinking to it will make you worthwhile

Yet with every new imitation

You watch yourself from a little farther away

Careful, son

Lest the gulf within you

The growing crevasse in your soul

Grow into an abyss

There is an answer

There is a place of safety

Acceptance for yourself

It has a secret passage

The one you so fear

The way of truth and vulnerability

The way of brokenness

Where your illusion of strength dies

Where layer by layer you moult

The lies that bind fall away

Those secrets you 'knew' would bring rejection

Are revealed to be nuggets of oneness

It so happens everyone has them

Look around and ask yourself

Why are they acting just like you?

Come into the Light

Come into Life

Stephen Pursell, 9/10/04