The meditation brings up the body to relax and the feelings and emotions to the light I felt as the tears streamed from my eyes I heard the internal chatter the dialog of the reasons for the pain The strain The lack of feeling of gain Failures reign The stories of worthlessness and the criticisms stain The ones who have walked away or not been too close Wondering why they couldn't love me Also sensing they did what they could from the place they were at And how I still love me even through and after all that