Take My Hand; I Am With You

    Last night while preparing to fall asleep, I did an exercise that I occasionally do to avoid going down the rabbit hole of revisiting the past. I sent healing light/energy to all the children suffering from instances of sexual assault...whether it be sex trafficking, whether it be incest, or any other manner of occurrence. Then I imagined my childhood self filled with and surrounded by the same light reaching out a hand to all those souls and saying to them, "Take my hand. I am with you."  And each time a soul grabbed her hand, that light would grow to encompass both beings. Then I thought to bring them on the huge boat I dreamt about and turned into the poem "Off To The Land Of Healing"*. So we were all crowded around the boat. I was sure to invite the friends I have who survived childhood sexual assault as well. Then I directed my inner child to roam around the boat with the soul of a brother of mine, who died at 4 months, in order to greet and comfort everyone. I'm not pretending that this will stop it from happening, but I am hopeful that this exercise does something to protect their psyches.

In a dimly lit room, a child dissociates 
to get a break from the pain,
when a new source of light gently approaches
extending a small hand.

"Take my hand; I am with you,"
whispers a little girl
wrapped in heaven itself**.
The child takes hold of the little girl's hand
and immediately feels lighter than air
as the ethereal light wraps around them,
as it infills them.

"Come with me. There are more children to help."
And the two set off.

When they have gathered a fair crowd,
the girl wrapped in light points to,
or perhaps conjures a door.
Golden light is streaming through it.
When the door is pushed open,
the crowd of children gasp.
They lay their disbelieving eyes
on a towering boat
set upon golden, glass-like water,
a perfect reflection of the sky.

With a single thought,
all the children find themselves
on the boat itself.

*"Off To The Land Of Healing" can be found on this blog (Aug. 30, 2020)
**This description was used in reference to my poem "A Heavenly Cloak" (Nov. 16, 2020)