Make it a Duet
The dark thought
began to paralyze
Daniel Striped Tiger
so he voiced it to Lady Aberlin
and brought it into the light:
"Sometimes I I wonder
if I'm a mistake...
I'm not like anyone else...
I'm not supposed to be scared, am I?"
Lady Aberlin sang truth
into his frailty:
"I think you are just fine
as you are...
I like who you're becoming...
You are my friend...
It's really true...I like you."
My first assumption
was that Daniel Striped Tiger would be convinced
and suddenly perk up
as a result of her re-assurance
But convincing and assuring and truth-grounding
aren't always that easy or quick
Daniel keeps singing
"Sometimes I wonder
if I'm a mistake..."
but this time
it becomes a duet
and Lady Aberlin
sings her truth
over his fears
"I think you are just fine
as you are..."
They sing back-and-forth like that
Doubts - Truth
Fear - Re-assurance
in tandem
simultaneously
Instead of Daniel spiraling in his own thoughts,
he made it a duet.
And that sums up
a lot of where I find myself
Although my worries are different than Daniel's,
I still have
Dark thoughts
Debilitating spirals
Dread
Doubt
Sometimes I make a conscious break
and bring these thoughts into the light
so God can speak His truth into these places
Like Daniel, I'm not easily convinced,
but I've resolved to make it a duet.
This back-and-forth melody
between me and my Maker
who knows me better than I know myself
and can see the big picture of who I'm becoming
(and He likes what He sees!)
and sings over me, "It's really true...I like you,"
This back-and-forth melody --
it's
healing
me
Doubts - Truth
Fear - Re-assurance
in tandem
as a back-and-forth duet
until I believe it enough
(until I believe HIM enough)
to sing in unison with Him
(poem written 1-27-21 after watching the "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" documentary)
Here's the full song:
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