The Real You
Today, there’s a cadence in my soul:
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
There is a real you lying in wait,
Planted deeply within your hearts seat;
When young, she was all that you knew;
But under others you were buried from light;
Their debris covered what wouldn’t conform,
To their rules deemed over your life;
So this child that was to be,
Hid in darkness away from their sight.
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
For years the child tried to speak,
But it learned to adjust its own speech;
It tried desperately to develop alone,
Although its ways were never pleasing enough;
Soon it laid rest in the hope of its dreams;
Till what was to be, drifted off to sleep,
Sending an alter to rise up in her stead;
At a distance which felt safe from shame.
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
There were times when she tried to awake,
To fill the empty halls with her sound;
But when stirred, a terror would scream;
In innocence to survive, she laid down;
Could she cope with all of their ways?
Could she face their manipulation of truths?
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
Such brutality from those touting “friends!”
Not one there to shield her in any way.
Naive to it all, she won’t leave;
Sleep appears, to be the most loving thing;
In her dreams maybe she'll believe we am here.
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
So I prayed that one day she'd awake,
From the stir of a well rested state;
Her vitality would well up inside:
that her dreams fill the halls of your mind;
Chasing echos you'd see you’re not alone.
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
Without us the visions incomplete.....
There is truth which she found - stored away;
Each a treasure stored within distant shores;
All gifts for our walks through the tides
Proving their evidence was not truth but lies.
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
You were always so brave and so strong,
You kept going when you thought there was none;
Within you, was this child you protect,
Always mindful of the harms in your midst,
Because of your love, she’s still alive;
To see things in the purity of her eyes.
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
When hope you defer, her love heals;
When your words are strong, she keeps peace;
She waits for your strength to end..........
In humility she listens while you share.
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
Please remember her love; how she cares.....
Today look at life through her stare;
Through her focus see what she sees;
For her sights are not set toward blame.
She sees purity, enlightenment and peace.
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
Hear her voice as the innocence it is,
Whispering “Come with me live, love and laugh”
“For this journey is forever, yet not long”
“Open up; just a glimpse and you'll see”
“Remember the real you; be free”
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
“Together we can do many more things”
“Let’s not worry, for nothing we lack”
Our needs are met and there's more,
..............To go, to dream, to create”
“Release the weights of this world”
“This view changes your perception and view.”
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
“Feel the wind of my words lift you up”
“Be stirred by the melody she sing”
“Keep the tune in your heart while we fly”
“So no harm, will our mind ever meet”
“Do not enter the dark, we need light”
“Let’s extend wings of peace and be free”
“Share the truth as our flight takes us up”
Chase light…. be salt….. extend peace
There are many sleeping children in our midst,
resting in dreams of their release
to chase light, be salt, extend peace
together let's call out their name
and rejoice as they rise in this wake.
Candace Huffmaster ©2011 All Rights Reserved
