"emergence"

copyright © 2002 by jane chin

Suppose the more you love, the bigger the space in your heart and this was irreversible. When we’re alone, we feel adrift and lost in this space within our heart. When we are hurt, we retreat into our heart, to hide and not resurface to love. We feel safe and comfortable in this abyss, yet our loneliness grows.

How can we emerge from our depths, when at first the sun burns our flesh and blinds our eyes?