Into the silence
I go,
once in a while
from the large world outside
to the small world inside
to make peace with myself
-my soul; the home,
where I live with grace
being honest,
readily surrendering
all that was concealed;
faking perfection,
annoying me-
the peace that I want
to gather and embrace.
Into the silence
I go,
once in a while
shedding away
all that was unreal,
to caress myself
over those wounds,
to address those scars,
mostly, overlooked
and to surrender
in silence
to myself-
the soul, to which
I belong.
-Shehla Ashkar
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