YOU LISTENED

You listened.

And as I spoke,

I saw in your eyes

not the anger

nor the fear

I had seen before

in other eyes.

For as those others

heard me speak

they saw a reality

that threatened

what security they had.

But you listened

to the pain,

to the frightened

lost child that spoke

You drew from me

what I most needed

to share.

You listened.

For the first time

in my seeming

endless search,

I found someone

to listen.

You gave to me

the greatest gift

I have ever received.

There is no greater gift.

You freed my soul.

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