My child, listen, hear my voice,
Belonging is born in the human spirit,
This was your gift from the start,
Your journey will not be alone,
There will be some friends,
That you will meet along your path,
They will be difficult be necessary companions,
They are there so you know you belong.
The friends I choose for you,
Some of their names will be familiar,
You will know them intimately,
“Betrayal” his heartache is the lost trust,
“Disappointment”, is the one that shatters dreams,
“Despair”, is that friend who has lost hope,
“Heart-broken”, by life’s inflictions,
“Crisis”, is the confrontation with “Vulnerable”
Each of these will be met along the way.
Each of these friends has a shadow,
Remember, shadow is caused by light,
It is the soul’s gift to another,
Shadow does not exist without life,
Every one of my friends is a witness,
To each shared step,
Each of my friends seeing my true self,
They know my deepest parts,
Knowing shared with our Creator,
Our source to whom we all belong.