Poetry - What Are You Holding By Yourself

Hello loves.

Welcome to my heart.

This is my reading of a piece I wrote called What Are You Holding By Yourself. This piece asks us to consider what we are pushing down and not allowing ourselves to feel and express.

I write poetry to make sense of how I feel, or what I experience, as I make my way through this life.

What my poetry means to me may be very different from what it means to you. Such is the beauty of art.

I hope it touches you, in the way you need to be touched, in this very moment.

From my heart to yours.

Transcript

What are you holding by yourself, Dear one? What is tender and vulnerable? What does your heart long to feel and express? What are you scared to put words to? Are you afraid of the enormity of your grief? Do you believe if you let the tears fall, You will drown in an ocean of them? How does it serve you, Dear one, To push it all down? Do you fear being judged, Being shamed? Do you believe if you allow yourself to break open, That you'll never be able to put all the pieces back together again? Did life teach you it wasn't safe to be vulnerable? Were you ridiculed, Shamed, Criticized for feeling so much? Was it safer to shut your emotions off? To slowly but surely close your heart to protect yourself? What are you holding by yourself? I see you, Dear sister, Dear brother. I am you. I see you. I am you.