Self Deception

I can surround myself
with books,
with music,
with prayers,
written and
unwritten…
yet I remain far from you.
.
I can read blogs
and web-sites
hoping to find
a crumb of
comfort
words of solace and relief,
yet I remain far from you.
.
It is only when
I look within,
when I discover the barriers
of self-loathing,
that I understand, the obstacle
to your love
is me!
.
How easily I declare
myself unworthy,
untouchable,
unclean.
.
How easily I reject your love
and fail to understand that
in love you long to
include me,
enfold me,
embrace me.
.
Come gentle Spirit
Help me to tear down
these walls,
these lies,
this blindness,
that keeps me
from you

Corss posted from Eternal Echoes