Wholesome o💟f Heart

a poem

Wholesome o💟f Heart

❌ FULL of HOLES 
✔️ SOME of WH💚LES

       Feel whole in the heart and the truth is spoken,
If there’s a hole in the heart, then the heart is broken,
       Authenticity within emotional intimacy,
Lies within the terror of vulnerability. 

       Outward rage belies inward pain,
Rage by nature, shame by name.
       Believing that which makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful is key,
Housed at the very core of understanding humanity.

       Shame is the gatekeeper of an illusionary suspicion,
That the terror of vulnerability is an insurmountable condition.
       The power of shame reflects this terror within,
And most folk know not where to begin.

To salvage love, imbue and impart,
       Capture your rapture, be wholesome of heart.
Seek the vulnerable core of the shame in the self,
       Dwell in it’s presence, reside in it’s wealth.

Vulnerability is at the core of shame all above,
       For it is also the birthplace, of authentic love.
Vulnerability is at the core of shame all above,
       For it is also the birthplace, of authentic love.

I used this poem as a sub-header for Part Three in my book The Respondent:

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