I Am Them and They Are Me

I Am Them and They Are Me by Gretchen Martens

Where you find hatred

Can you also find woundedness?

(where are you wounded?)

Where you find anger

Can you also find fear?

(where are you afraid?)

Where you find danger

Can you also find prejudice?

(where do you judge?)

Where you find protest

Can you also find difference of opinion?

(where are you uncertain?)

Where you find shouting

Can you also find frustration?

(where to you lost patience?)

Where you find conspiracy

Can you also find betrayal?

(where have you been betrayed?)

Where you find resistance to change

Can you also find conflicting beliefs?

(where do you lack clarity?)

Where you find divisions

Can you also find abandonment?

(where have you been abandoned?)

Where you find apathy?

Can you also find hopelessness?

(where are you hopeless?)

Where you find unkindness

Can you also find brokenness?

(where are you broken?)

Gretchen Martens is a coach , energy healer, editor and author. You can reach her here.

I Am Them, And They Are Me was originally published in House of Courage. Watch a live reading of this poem here.