There is so much that I am unpeeling and unlearning.
Very few of the ways I was conditioned to be in relationship to another belong in a conscious partnership.
I was taught to see an idealized version of my partner,
To honor only the light.
How do I move forward when the wounding of another,
All that was not owned,
Bled into our sacred container?
Can I embrace the shadow?
Letting the masks of a perfect partnership burn,
Letting all that's real remain.
It's a constant evolution.
Can love and freedom breathe here?
Can we let all of ourselves be seen?
Both people owning what is theirs with honesty,
Integrity,
And respect.
Letting these shared values ground and hold us.
There is so much that will arise in a conscious partnership.
Limiting beliefs of family and friends,
Ancestral and childhood wounding,
Trauma,
Addictions,
Past relationship hurts.
I am learning to honor all of it.
In this intimate dance of light and shadow,
I will keep choosing truth.