By Barbara Harris Leonhard
What is healing
but the stabbing to death of pain,
the banishment of shadows,
the release of sorrows,
the burning of poison arrows?
Healing requires arbitration & litigation.
as illness takes possession,
the uninvited occupant in our temple.
It strips away a clean visage,
creates squalor & decay,
plants bramble in the garden,
makes infertile the soil;
evades eviction.
Illness commandeers the ego,
becomes its own soul.
This loathsome dweller deceives,
creates attachments,
becomes dependable,
appears useful,
provides false amenities,
orders demolition to the heart,
lays claim to property & prosperity.
We are healers
who can vanquish this squatter
from sacred property
once we know our powers.
We the are the landlord
who owns the keys
& locks the gate.
We break this unholy contract
wrought by the wretched occupant
that creeps into our house
& garnishes our treasures.
Healing is evicting
that which does not serve,
does not align,
is unholy
to our divine.