Human Onions, poetry by Fay Marmalich-Vietmeier at Spillwords.com

Human Onions

Human Onions

written by: Fay Marmalich-Vietmeier

 

We are as “human onions” … born into a hurting world
Our outer skin … we show as pearled
But peel it back … a netherworld

Many layers…many fears
Many burdens…many tears

Buried feelings … hidden scars
Wounded hearts … lives are marred

Some are bitter … some are sweet
Some mistakes … we oft repeat

To “know thyself” … these layers peel
Through tears that come … a layer heals

Another layer … bare my soul
Do I really want to know?

Another layer … do I dare?
Give me courage … hear my prayer

See the pride … in darkness hides
See the walls … I’ve built inside
See the lies I tell myself
How I practice inner stealth

See the Truth & be set free
Peel away these layers of me
In Your Light … I can fully be
Being healed by knowing Thee

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