Darkness cannot love you back,
cannot unwrite the black pages
of pain that have been printed
on your meditative mind,
cannot undo those dark blue bruises
or see the red swelling recede,
cannot not help you escape
a parent’s unrelenting rage.

It seems only patience can take
those traumas to a safe distance,
giving you the time to do
what many are unable to
by taking those painful truths,
and making something beautiful
to help heal the world.