Tenderness To Love The Wounded Child

This poem is a heartfelt journey of reconciliation with the wounded inner child. It reflects on the years spent denying pain to survive and the courage to now embrace and heed those tender cries. Through words of assurance and love, it offers solace, transforming suffering into compassion. This piece inspires a commitment to protect the vulnerable and to rekindle the playful curiosity and boundless imagination that once thrived. Let it guide you toward forgiveness, hope, and the freedom to see the world with wonder once more.

This track is part of a series of 15 reflective poems on Insight Timer under the theme 'I Ask My Being,' each exploring an aspiration, its accompanying challenges, as well as observations to help find solace in the experience. Averaging around five minutes each, these poetic soliloquies are perfect for savasana, mindful walks, bedtime musings, and peaceful drives.

Each track features my narration, set to a neoclassical piano composition by Arash Behzadi.

Transcript

I ask for tenderness,

To love the wounded child within.

I am sorry I denied you for so long.

It has taken me years to accept the dark places you have been.

To bear up in the face of life,

I severed our connection.

For you were too heavy with pain,

And I too weak to carry you then.

I needed to adapt,

To survive,

To cope.

I needed to forget.

But now,

I am stronger.

I will give voice to all the silent tears you shed.

I will transform your wounds to love.

I will devote time to the protection of other vulnerable beings,

To ensure your suffering was not in vain.

I will calm you when a painful memory returns.

I will assure you you are safe again.

I will convince you that the unkind words told to you were not true,

And that you bore no responsibility for the things they did to you.

I will set you free.

Wounded child,

So sweet was your vision,

So full of love and hope.

You saw beyond the towering monoliths that dominate.

Help me delight in the world as you once did,

With your curious eyes,

Your playfulness,

Your untethered imagination,

Your heartfelt forgiveness.

Reviews

Lovely and empowering ❤️🙏🍂