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I’m Not Sorry. {poetry}

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I am not going to apologize

anymore

about touching your soul.

We are always so careful

To respect each other’s space

That we forget…

Life is messy and my soul is here

To revel in the chaos,

In the minute details of us,

All of us.

I was lied to.

Told that we have only one soul mate

To wrap ourselves around.

But our souls are meant

to co-mingle, to swirl

iridescently together.

And each time I apologize

for baring my soul to you,

my own light dims.

Because our power is in the mix

and it is messy and profound,

and it is all about letting it happen.

So I am not sorry

that I am unleashing

my intense soul to the world…

*****

ShannonShannon Lockhart is a social worker turned poet who has recently embarked on her newest journey as an artist and writer. She spent 12 years working with indigenous communities, genocide survivors, and human rights activists in Guatemala before returning to the U.S. with a husband and two sons. She is now a Spanish teacher, translator, and above all, a mother who is trying to impart joy, gratitude, and respect for the unexpected bumps along the road.

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