Light Conversation

I am not afraid of the dark

I have faced my own

So I am fully prepared

To witness yours

I welcome 

The true face

Of your soul

Come as it may

I insist you 

Express your true feelings

You need not 

 Caretake mine

I am responsible

For my feelings

I would ask 

The same of you

I would willingly

Weather your full frontal presentation 

Rather than remain

In the toxic ooze of repressed anger

I would not ask

That you temper your fury

Nor to smile 

If that is not your genuine response

I love myself enough

That I'm clear

I am no whipping post

I know who I am

Your projections 

Will be lovingly

Handed back to you

For your further consideration

I have empathy

For what created

 Massaged social personas

I invite removal of the mask

I have no investment

In how you are defined

I will deeply listen

While you tell me

I am not the light

I am it's vehicle

I can hold space for your darkness

Until your love expands to fill it

R. O'Neill (July 27, 2017)