Being loving doesn't
come naturally to me;
it's not instinctual
for me to be vulnerable.
My biting remarks
aren't to cut you down,
but because I've only
known fault-finding.
I am not familiar
with encouragement
as I've grown up
in criticism's shadow.
Please be patient with me
while I learn how to love
because my heart is aching
for something to yearn for.
A nice confessional: It took
A nice confessional: It took me years to unwind the compulsive critique; my fathers ghastly legacy. I did it by way of deep long meditations and modeling the behavoir of better integrated souls. It steals the love by hurting others. I feel ya. Perhaps we are here as a medium for perpetual transformation.