To be SEEN

Do you know what it feels like to be seen?

It feels like another weight has been lifted.
So light that it’s hard to stay grounded in the old story.
It feels like peace and calm 
when you don’t have to try so hard,
or disappear so much. 
Being seen is beautiful. 
Being seen is light. 

To be seen brings up the tears 
that have dried up and crystallized deep 
in the well of your own emotions. 
These tears have so many forgotten emotions 
that they cleanse your soul and your wounds 
from the years you don’t even remember. 

Being seen brings about this sense of joy,
that is familiar but you can’t actually grasp
but your finger tips can almost feel 
its softness and its light. 

Being seen melts that hardened shell around your heart 
just enough, that a small crack forms, 
just enough so that the beating of your heart slows just a bit, 
slow enough that you can actually begin to take deeper breathes, 
deep enough that you can feel the calm, 
calm enough that your body softens, 
soft enough so that you can feel your intuition, 

again. 

• Alexa Joan Givens Wajed