RETURN
You've been gone for so long
yet you never quite knew it...
But you're looking at me
and you know you've been through it...
Through all of the darkness
and all of the pain...
The tears and the struggle
that made you insane...
The hurt and the damage
that made you so bitter...
But one conversation
made you start to consider
finding a way to return to the past...
The joy and the lust
which once held you fast...
The smiling laughter
and the best seen in others...
Finding love in one's self;
in one's sisters and brothers...
Expressing yourself
with reckless abandon...
With no fear of judgment
at being so random...
Do not fear rejection
at being so sexual...
Fear affects all;
makes you ineffectual.
So cast off your fear...
Please try if you can...
You aren't alone...
You still have your friends...
Friends that will welcome you back from the tragic:
Return to yourself
and remember the magic.
Written by Jason Wright
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
For Charles Lindsay, who inspired my return.