I never taught you the art of conflict
I only recently learnt it myself
How to stand your ground
Be firm
How to ask for what you want
And receive it
It shouldn’t be hard but we can make it
How to sit with hard feelings
Until you realise it doesn’t matter as long as you have the answer
Within
The love within
How to feel fear vibrate through you and not distract
Nor hesitate
Just feel it
Watch it like a flame
Rise up
Burn brightly
Sputter and spit
Slowly dissipate
Leaving you released
From whatever it was talking about
And realising
It’s just a feeling
Caused by a thought
And if you are brave enough to sit with any feeling that you don’t want
Long enough
Till it burns down
Becomes ashes in your mouth
Swirl and rinse
Be done with it
Feelings can’t stop you
They’re a thing of the mind
A magicians trick
Sleight of hand
They just won’t stick
After you know how he did it
It’s almost boring
Smoke and mirrors
And you’ll wonder
How you were ever fooled for so damn long
