UNBURDENING THE HEART

Unburdening the Heart

Tears spill out of me, like salty cascades,
Flushing out stagnant inner pools of lingering pain
Collected over time in my emotional underworld.

I long to forgive any hurt I was unable to ward off,
As I failed to set clear boundaries and shield myself
With an impenetrable breastplate of unconditional love.

I toil to remove this unbecoming debris,
And to fully exorcise its chronic pain body
Thus, enabling my wounded warrior to recover fully.

Dear Lord,
You said you are the way. I take your word for it.
Shine your unwavering spotlight through the maze of my life,
As I hit wall after wall due to my poor night vision.
Blindfolded by prejudices, I inch ahead tentatively.

Please, grab my arm in your strong hold,
And steady my faltering steps, keeping at bay yesterday’s ghosts
Whose haunting illusion keeps polluting my virgin now
With their nasty injections of stale remnants of stinky grudges
And hand-me-down resentment way past its expiration date.

May I quickly acquire a ‘memory-jerk reflex,’
That sends the bad and the ugly flying to the scrap pile
To be shredded on the spot into a non-recoverable mumbo jumbo
While keeping the good and the beautiful ‘Velcroed’ to my heart.

Their purposeful recall cannot help but bring smiles to my face
And my grateful heart hums, shedding shimmering tears of joy.

Anyas Spencer, March 2, 2026