Fire of Transformation

In this new world you are making,
the fire of transformation
can no longer be private.
In this delicate world, pain
can no longer
be only your own.
Shared and seen,
spoken and known,
suffering bonds us now.

Open the window!
You need to breathe
You need to see,
You need to see further,
You need to breathe more.
Throw those arched shutters
wide, wide.
Do not shut yourself in,
leave them open.

You are looking out, out.
You have got to see, outside.
The window’s big enough,
you could jump
if it gets too cramped,
you could leap!
You could break out
from smallness,
to space, space.

To heal your species,
you must reveal your needs.
No, don’t close yourself in.
You must plunge, if need be
through sharp shards.
Let your window be open, let
there be space,
let it go on
and on, and on.

© Susa Silvermarie 2022