You Are Safe Now
YOU ARE SAFE NOW
You are safe now, my beloved.
No one can touch a single hair
On your body.
You will never again hear the taunts
Of mockery from those who thought
They knew you but didn't.
Never again hear words used
As weapons to strike you down
Where they think your weakness lies.
Never again be caught
Unawares, unprotected
Where your cries for help remain
Unheard by anyone.
Never again be beaten
Into blood, sweat and tears
Until you lose the will to live.
You are safe now, my beloved.
No one can touch a single hair
On your body.
You rise as a majestic angel through
The clouds of despair to a place
Where there is an unshakable rest
For tired limbs.
You don't have to run any more.
You are home.
Choosing the heights of freedom,
You find effortless peace
Lies there as well.
You didn't realize
You could fly,
Defying all sense of gravity.
Rainbow wings, spread out, full bloomed,
You feel a strange wellspring
Of complete joy emanate through
Every aching sinew and muscle.
Wave upon wave in increasing power
Bring you further into the heart
Of pure love,
Outpouring, overflowing,
Like volcanic lava,
With the sweetest of honey
For you.
Suddenly all that has been before
Is forgotten like wind-blown chaff;
You savour the beautiful now -
The essential moment
When you discover
An opening light into
The limitless bliss of eternity.
Copyright © Bill Drayton | Year Posted 2022
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