Saturday Poem

Follow the Pain

We run away from pain because it hurts.

Elemental. Obvious. Isn’t it?

Yet we often run towards danger

when it comes dress in illusion.

Illusion of power, love, satisfaction, relief.

We run towards danger and fall into addiction.

We run towards danger and fall into co-dependence.

We run towards danger and fall into deceit and deception.

We run towards danger and fall into drama and avoidance.

We run towards danger but away from pain.

It doesn’t sound so obvious now, does it?

We run away from the hurt, not the lie.

And thus we find ourselves

running away from the truth

when we run away from pain.

Yet, the doctor will tell you:

Pain is the alarm that your body raises

to let you know something is wrong.

Pain is your ally.

Pain is your adviser.

Pain is the trail that the Huntress follows

to find the true source of the danger.

Pain is the signal that the Healer follows

to find the wound and heal it.

We run away from pain.

But I invite you to follow its trail

until you find the truth,

the true source of the danger.

And when you find the wound,

don’t assume that the danger is fresh and eminent.

Look inside. Dive inside if you need.

Find out how old it is

and if there is any true danger left

or it’s just a ghost of the past

bleeding your life force backwards.

And when you find the danger,

look inside.

Dive inside if you need,

so that you can find the thread that ties you to the ghost.

And when you find that tender thread, cut it without hesitation

You will be free.

For your pain is often the trail to your power.

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Maria Mar©2014

August, 2014

New York, NY

Photo: Photo collage by Maria Mar: Healing the Self, original photos by Kali Van Der Merwe

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