How much we want to love
How much we want to share
our heartaches
our rejections
our traumas
Deeply we desire connection
To release
the heartaches
the rejections
the traumas
How much we want to love
How much we want to share
To be seen, witnessed, recognized
with heartaches
with rejections
with traumas
How much we build walls to prevent this release
How much we are afraid of
more heartaches
more rejections
more traumas
“I love you”
How much we need these words with presence.
“Show up as you are, it is enough”
How much we crave these words.
And we curl in tightly
Hearts guarded
Afraid to speak our truth
Because
Maybe our how much
Is too much