1954 Annie in a photo booth ...
Sometime after she'd begun to ride the bus to Hell ... I mean ...
To Hebrew school
If this is news to you, please see story
Beginning with Post 6, written on Feb. 26, 2011
BULLY FOR ME
Then, read through series of posts entitled
FIRST KISS
Beginning with Post 58, written on May 17, 2011
Though this photo shows Annie's lips turning up
Creating small smile ...
Upon closer examination
Annie's eyes turn down, as though so sad
That no sparkle shines forth from within
Since a true smile emanates from deep within the spirit ...
A detective would nose around in search of sadness
Lurking behind a defensive wall
Which Mother Nature thought it best to erect
In order to separate
The conscious portion of this child's eleven year old mind ...
From the subconscious portion
Where hidden pockets of forgotten memories
Will have remained locked in deep storage
Until such time as Annie, the adult
Has had reason to muster the courage
To penetrate the dark side of her mind
Where, rummaging around, she'll retrieve forgotten details
In hopes that a bigger picture will emerge
Showing why fear silenced one slice of her self confident voice
At the tender age of three
Then, what if, upon mustering the courage
To work toward retrieving other haunting memories
Annie was to learn
What caused another assertive slice of her voice
To be silenced by fear ...
BEFORE she turned eleven ...
While we watch Annie recover silenced slices of her voice
By retrieving memories too fearful for a child to bear
Then perhaps, with insight into self awareness
We'll see how world class pleasers
Can take down defensive walls and expand perceptions, which ...
Create narrow boundaries, limit comfort zones and
Determine roles that they unwittingly adopt
As we watch Annie's views of life, love and self continue to develop
We'll come to understand that Annie was scratching
To get deep enough under her skin to release undeserved guilt
As you shall see
Resolving inner conflict may be likened to
Retrieving the black box that resolves the cause of a serious crash
And what, I ask, could feel more liberating
Than learning how to work consciously
At deepening peace of mind
By resolving inner conflicts
In ways that brighten the mind and lighten the spirit—at long last!
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