Two Dogs

Let me take you by the hand



let me show you i understand



let me show you it is safe.



I let you take me by the hand



but you only took the outer band



the smaller one buried deep inside



was left behind screaming wide



screaming out so urgently



quiet to you but loud to her



why does no one see her there?



the gap so wide it’s hard to see



the strings that keep her still, there



please don’t let her disappear



she deserves to grow and to flourish



all she needs is a gentle nourish



Cut the strings you may say,



let her go, just float away



but if i do what becomes of me?



that great void will grow and swell



and collapse in its outer shell



for i am she and she is me



there is no one without the other.



Better still to take those strings



fill the gaps, make them sing



let them resonate with the same song



She did no harm, she did no wrong



why can’t you hear her painful song?



she does not want to be the strident voice



she agreed the split, she made the choice



one to grow and forge ahead



the other to hide and play dead



until the pain can be felt and shed



but now it is time she was made complete



so inner and outer can finally meet



sing and dance in harmony



she is the harmonic that drove the tune,



she has no anger or need to blame,



she just wants to hear her name



for she is me and i am she



hear our song for both are sung



both are true and both are one



one pitched high and one pitched low



one so bright and one so dim



there is no shame that you could not hear or see



across such a disparity,



past the extent of your reality



a gap so wide, they seem so separate



one so big one so small



is she really there at all?



but now at last they return together



in full sight and range



the strength one of bolstering the other



that strength, in time, returned to nourish



barriers breaking, the whole can flourish



to draw them back together , complete the circle



remove the shade so the light can shine




from both of me strong and fine