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I used to walk around…

Dazed and confused…

I had dulled the pain long ago,

Spinning a cocoon around bout,

Letting no one in. 

It was quiet in my life-

I rather liked it there…

In that comfortable space

It took so much healing… 

So much time and energy into that healing...

It almost burst some of my friends wide open to see me face the pain.

The pain that comes with living life but burying so much so deep

And letting no one in.

But in facing pain

We find re-birth

I found more of myself than I knew existed.

And I realized

Life isn’t meant to be lived in a cocoon

With walls so high no one can enter.

Life is meant to be lived in love

For in sharing

In caring

God uses the hurt to grow beauty

To find the same hurt in another-

And suddenly 4 hands are reaching for Him where only 2 were before.

I once thought the cocoon and the walls would protect my heart

But they only made it hurt worse.

Open arms

With open hearts

They are what brings healing-

It reminds me of the open arms

Nailed wide

Blood mingled and flowed

Hearts burst with pain

To purchase the once and for all healing

Hope

Mingled down

From Arms 

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