To the World

To the world,

it is unwise
to be gentle,
meek,

for this leaves us
too vulnerable.

Yet,

wisdom knows

it is in vulnerability

that true intimacy,
true healing,
true meeting

can take place.

In laying ourselves
in that
which created us,

in the deepest trust,

without any idea
of what will show,

the most profound love

reaches the heart
of the soul

and quiets

the rational,
reasoning
resistor.

And then

our true birth
begins,

and from here

informs
the reasoning mind,

which to the world

can appear foolish,
radical,

as no self-esteem.

Yet,

in this profound

womb bathing

of divine love,

finding
the individual self

is the illusion.

There is no self
to esteem,

only love

to fill the vision

and correct
the lens.

Only love,

truth

to esteem.