The inner journey

Who will go down,
into the darkness,
where the real
treasure is buried?

People don’t go
there voluntarily,
because real treasure
is buried under real pain.

People go because
they have no choice,
because they get caught
with their hand in the till,
or a needle in their arm,
or they lose a child,
or remember abuse,
and they can’t hide
from themselves any more.

Their world breaks open,
they fall through the crack
and the underworld
swallows them up.

Only people who have
made the journey know
what happens down there,
but they seldom speak of it,
because those who return,
(and there are very few who do)
have learned the folly of words,
they prefer to let their
actions speak for them.

Their actions and the light in their eyes.

5-7-11

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