Longing for Wholeness

i feel this longing deep within me

tugging at my heart strings

pulling me 

urging me

to see

the pieces of myself

i have cast off

denied

cut off

shut down

i feel those parts of myself yearning

calling me 

as if a voice on the wind

wrapping around me

spinning and twisting 

swirling my hair wildly at my face

so that i take notice

listen, it says

as i feel the tug

let it be a part of you again

let the longing belong 

let yourself return fully 

to who you are

gather all the pieces of yourself back up

lay them out in the jagged jigsaw

that makes up your broken heart 

and fractured soul

allow them to come together

to be one 

whole

flawed 

entity

love the cracks

the divots

the potholes 

and the puncture wounds

this is you

this is all a part of you

it always has been

collect yourself

reclaim yourself

for all that you are

and all that you are not