Like Baby's Breath

 

It’s not true

that people will like me
only if
they cannot see who I am.
 Its not true
(even though I always thought it was)

There’s no one there

for them to see
anyway. And

I have to be

what I am given to be.

Which, in this instant

is HERE. Fully open

utterly available

taken anew in each moment

by waves 
of unending Love.

If others feel uneasy
with this Vast

S p a c i o u s 
Life Force,

Why is it my job

to shield them?
What am I saving them from?
Who is being served?
What do I think I am? 

Stephanie Laura