Early Birthday (& the) Gift

Leela
3 min readNov 18, 2021

In case I won’t be able to say these to you at the time

Can I hug you tonight?
Would you allow me to kiss your wounds
I just want to let you know My Dear
All will be right

I tried to understand your shadows
I touched your wounds to find out why
Your walls are so up high

I can feel how much it hurts to hide
Behind the shields of a wounded heart
Foregive my playful tone
Pouring love on your bleeding soul
Seemed to be the best cure at the time

You seem convinced
It is safe to lock yourself up
Is this why you are imprisoned
Alone in your heart?

I can feel how
This solitary confinement is
Eating you up
How it is preventing you from
Letting in the light

I hope one day
You can break down the walls
You must have created to protect your soul
But maybe it is time to realise
They might not be as protective
As you’ve thought

I hope one day
You can leave behind your fear
Open your heart to
What seems like an unknown
Yet weirdly, so very familiar

Even if you imagine being a storm
Behind your high walls
You are not made of sugar My Dear
You would not melt under raindrops

I hope one day
You can let the storm destroy
The made-to-collapse tower
And so the rain can pour its tears
On your scorching fire

I wish you can let the rain
Wash your heart off fears
Please use its healing power
Make peace with your silent tears
I’d accept and embrace
The wisdom they have to offer

There is always grace in sorrow
You see no tear drops in vain
All those floods, fires, and pain
Prepared you for your soul’s ascension

You came here to fly high
Higher than you’ve ever flown so far
So I feel you do know
Why you had to go through
What has hurt you thus far
You also know, there is always light
Even behind the black holes in the sky

You know, right?
All that happened was
A unique gift from the Divine
So I hope one day
You will better appreciate how
All this helps you embrace truly
Your own very beauty

Hiding from the world
Behind your wounded heart
You are at the doorsteps of your own home
Yet you don’t seem to know
How to knock on its door

I wish there was a way to convince you of
What I have to say
I will try nonetheless
Even if you are determined to ignore

You, My Dear
Are a wise old soul
Who came here upon
Promising to spread
The truth of love
By being one
And
One for all

Please keep your heart open
No matter how much you are hurt
You are the dream itself
Please realise this
And let the dream thieves
Get out of your way

z.

00:55

London

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