We Rise Unbroken

"There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable. There is a sorrow beyond all grief which leads to joy; and a fragility out of whose depths emerges strength... There is a hollow space too vast for words through which we pass with each loss, out of whose darkness we are sanctioned into being. There is a cry deeper than all sound whose serrated edges cut the heart as we break open to the place inside which is unbreakable and whole, while learning to sing."
--Rashani Réa

This quote reiterates and rephrases what I was trying to say in yesterday's post. My eternal hope has been that after I put myself back together, or rather, after I recognize that I was never truly broken, no outside event will be able to make me believe otherwise ever again. Because I have taken the time to meditate, to connect with the wisdom of nature, to call on the arch angels for support, I will eventually remember my eternal wholeness, my eternal innocence, and my everlasting oneness with God and with the love and grace of God. And with that I will start my poetic attempt at interpreting the quote above.

We Rise Unbroken

We shall rise unbroken out of the fragments of heartbreak.
We shall rise unbroken out of the suffocating depths of despair.
We shall rise unbroken out of the unholy night.

We shall return restored from the blackhole of grief.
We shall return restored from the valley of the shadow of death.
We shall return restored from the wreckage of hopelessness.

Out of the fragments of heartbreak,
we will learn that we are unbreakable.
While in the darkest depths of despair,
we will learn we can still find our way home.

I know this because
it was while wandering through the dark,
that I found the light of God.
It was while wishing for a permanent end,
that I found a new beginning.
It was while blinded by grief
that I felt a spark of hope.

Once I unlearn the notion that I am broken,
and replace it with the truth that I am eternally whole...
Once I unlearn the notion that I do not belong,
and replace it with the truth that I am needed,
there will be nothing in this world that can
make me believe the lies again.
For I will have seen,
internalized,
and believed
the notorious falsehoods
and then brick by brick,
I'll have dismantled them.
Once we remember the truth,
we cannot ever be convinced by myths again.