Still… free.

Shame, she told me, is key
to unlocking the next level of consciousness.
Oh, and don't forget about humiliation!

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Suddenly, I'm at the dinner table, seven years old, 
watching him bully you, a child.
My heart runs like raw yolk.

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Adult me, yoking myself to
yoga and meditation.
Sitting on beaches,
praying the pain away.

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Oh, the humiliation!
Of being a human,
of having this body that was used so young.

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Still, here I am,
yoking myself to yoga and meditation,
moved to tears by a hot pink sunrise.
Because here we all are
still
still...
free.