we'd collapse enthralled

if we but speak

one to the other

op'ning like a flower

facing the sun

loos'ning its grip

'bout the treasure within

for in the unspoken 

treasures lay

waiting for ears

hearing more than words

and eyes grasping

more than skin

but a flame bracing

awaiting release

o'er the horizons of doubt

or differences smaller 

than a mustard seed

we'd spot humming birds

nesting in truth

pecking to be born

before suspicion was our face

and bias pressed us down

sounds stirred whisps'rings

let's speak

break the chains

offer hope a bit

*You have to forgive yourself first for being human, because to be human is to have lots of faults; so you have to forgive, and then the love flows in.

  -Marion Woodman

*Addictions can be transcended - not eliminated.

  -Richard S. Sandor