Inner Child

Afraid as a child.
Still I am afraid.
On edge as a child.
Still I am on edge.
Powerless.
Scolded.
Emotionally neglected.
I grew.
To scold and neglect myself.
No other example to follow.
But slowly I wake up to take responsibility.
I give myself now the nurturing
that I have always deserved.
It is not the lack of nurturing from the past that makes me suffer now,
but the self nurturing I deny myself of
in the present.
by Rita Loyd at Nurturing Art

I don't know this artist personally; I found her website today and I feel in awe of her work. Her art and poetry resonate within me. This particular piece strikes such a chord in me that I had to share it.


Related posts/links:
Meet Rita Loyd
My Struggle With Living Purposefully
The Intentional Family