Let Me Hear You by Rachel Holstead

Let me hear you. Speak your heart and empty out those dark corners.

Words unspoken cannot bring joy. Let them dance, even if their steps first falter.

Trust that what emerges will be warmed by the sun, will be sheltered from the wind by my listening.

Let words that have been furled tighter and tighter inside emerge and stretch and sway.

Watch them lighten

and feel your heart lift as their weight eases and they flow out into the world like butterflies, to land or float away.

Let them go and see your soul dance to sweet silence in the hallowed space that remains.