Meet me where I am at – Tara Shannon

There’s something you need to know

To understand

From someone who’s been there

And will be again…

In a place of overwhelming sadness

Of grief

Fear, worry

…and anxiety

Stuck

In this moment that can last a short time

Or go on for days

Or weeks

Months

Even years

In these moments

These times

This — this is where I’m at

All cylinders firing

Trying as best I can

Just to get by

Moment by moment

Day by day

And when I’m here

I’m not going to reach out

I’m just not

At least not yet

I’m not ready

I’m too busy

Too overwhelmed in the process of being and trying to find my way

To begin healing and searching out that speck of light in the dark that will hopefully begin guiding me out

So, no

I’m not going to reach out

But you

You… can reach in

And meet me where I’m at

Meet me with a gentle presence

With patience

No pressure

With empathy and care

And no expectations

Reach in

And don’t be upset when I don’t reach back

But

Do keep reaching in

Saying “hello”

“I’m thinking of you”

That’s enough

I know you’re there

And I love you for it

Even if I don’t say the words out loud

One day I will

When the weight of my world feels less heavy

After the sun has found its way in through the cracks

One day

You’ll reach in

And

I’ll reach back

~Tara Shannon

~ Art by Hayk Shalunts

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Author: GreatCosmicMothersUnited

I have joined with many parents affected with the surreal , yet accepted issue of child abuse via Pathogenic Parenting / Domestic abuse. As a survivor of Domestic Abuse, denial abounded that 3 sons were not affected. In my desire to be family to those who have found me lacking . As a survivor of psychiatric abuse, therapist who abused also and toxic prescribed medications took me to hell on earth with few moments of heaven. I will share my life, my experiences and my studies and research.. I will talk to small circles and I will council ; as targeted parents , grandparents , aunts , uncles etc. , are denied contact with a child for reasons that serve the abuser ...further abusing the child. I grasp the trauma and I have looked at the lost connection to a higher power.. I grasp when one is accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like discrimination.. Shame and affluence silences a lot of facts , truths that have been labeled "negative". It is about liberation of the soul from projections of a alienator , and abuser ..

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