Remember to forget (each and every time but this time)

Each and every time you’ve laid down your weapons,

I stood by your sword and I waited,

I swore by my word

To open up this heart to you.

Each time you rose from your ashes

And reclaimed your sword,

I begged and I cried, please help me my Lord

To close down this heart from you.

Each time your blade of truth

Struck deep in the core of all my lies

I swore, never again

To open this heart to any man.

‘Never mind the story, remember to forget’, you said,

Standing in the doorway of my soul,

Reaching out your hand,

Breaking me open in your embrace.

This time, the choice was clear

There was nothing left to do but surrender

To the alchemy of our tears

And let everything be transformed.

Anger into peace

Resentment into gratitude

Pride into compassion

Grief into joy.

Weakness into power

Recklessness into wisdom

Fear into trust

Shame into ecstasy.

Un-forgiveness into love

Prison into freedom

Words into silence

My curse into my blessing.

And so, I honor the blessed moment I met you,

This time, as for the first time,

I see you, I receive you, I thank you, I love you, I set you free,

My love.