Lovelessness

How do you comprehend 
The wounds of lovelessness?

A pain that leaves no trace
Only shadows that torment

To birth belonging
One must first 
Sit with its lack

Let the sorrow seep
Deep into your heart

Let the unspoken years
Of lost childhood
Talk to you
Let them make you cry

Reach for a person
Who isn’t there 
And never was 

Reach right into the void
Let the tragedy inside
It’s been at the door 
For oh so long

Let it All in
Take your time

And then
When you’re done
Look the child
That you were
In the eyes

Peer into your soul
And remind yourself
That you survived.