sometimes unresolved pain rises up in us asking for wholeness
not by forcing control or simply enduring
but by surrendering and breaking free
the new path may be dark and unclear
it asks for a new kind of strength
it asks for a new kind of courage
it asks for a new definition
a new meaning
a new being
a new life
anew

anew
again and again
once more but deeper
once more but stronger
again and more and free
free to be who you always were
free to let go of the shadows of the past
safe to grow and plant roots that anchor beyond
a new life that is built from the grief that once betrayed
wholeness asks unresolved pain to rise up giving us choice to be