Sounds

There are days
I sense
An unsettling
Within me

Times I listen

And hear weeping
Deep inside

And if someday

You should hear
These same sounds
Within you

Know it’s only

The sound of
Your soul’s tears
Crying

Only the sound

Of the hurt
You’ve endured

Only the sound

Of a soul
Growing strong

Only the sound

Of a lived life
Making
Sense
Of the world
That’s around
And within her

Sounds of courage

Not to be ashamed of
Or feared

For these are

The sounds
Of sacred roads traveled
And brave journeys survived