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Your Healing

How can a wound ever heal
When it remains exposed?
Unwashed
Unbandaged
Open to the elements.

How can a heart ever heal
When the memory is raw?
Unaddressed
Unredressed
Open to hurtful recriminations.

How can I ever be whole
When you invade my life?
Your voice
Your eyes
Open the wounds wider.

Why can’t you see
The simple truth?
Your love can…
Bathe me
Cleanse me
Anoint me
Bind me
Save me

My love, my life,
I desire
I crave
I want
I NEED
Your healing!

Eileen Manassian Ghali

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Richard Lamoureux

Date: 7/7/2014 8:08:00 AM

Your response to Carl resonates with me. We are a rather stubborn lot. I enjoyed this heart felt piece.

Carl Fraser

Date: 12/11/2012 8:21:00 AM

The deepest scars we carry in life can only be healed by the grace and mercy of God above, well written Eileen, blessings, Carl

Eileen Manassian
Date: 12/11/2012 8:26:00 AM

Carl, yes...it's true. Sometimes we just don't give him the chance to do the healing work in us...thanks for the post! :)

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 12/10/2012 3:28:00 PM

Eileen, wow...a powerful poem... i want and need the praise myself... from the deepest part of the soul...pd

Eileen Manassian
Date: 12/10/2012 7:35:00 PM

PD....I have no words to thank you for your support and encouragement. You bring joy to the deepest part of my soul! :) Hugs!

Jon A Cavanaugh

Date: 12/10/2012 3:02:00 AM

Wow, Eileen what emotion in this poem. I hope the wound in this poem gets the tender kiss and touch it needs to heel. It's the holiday season so pull out some mistletoe.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 12/10/2012 4:55:00 AM

Hey Jon, I wrote this quite some time ago...but I felt it wasn't good enough to post. I decided to go ahead. Healing? We all need a little healing in our lives because we all carry baggage and wounds! Thanks for the happy thoughts! XOXOXO