I feel so sentenced by your words
I feel so judged and sent away
Before I go I've got to know
Is that what you mean to say?
Before I rise in my defence
Before I speak in hurt or fear
Before I build that wall of words
Tell me, did I really hear?
Words are windows, or they're walls
They sentence us, or set us free
When I speak and When I hear
Let the love light shine through me
There are things I need to say,
Things that mean so much to me
If my words don't make me clear,
Will you help me to be free?
If I seemed to put you down,
If you felt I didn't care,
Try to listen to my words
To the feelings that we share

-Ruth Bebermeyer*

Never before in my life have I found a poem that has ever spoken to me so clearly and so relevant with what I've been going through. This was part of the fast chapter in a book that I picked up because it felt right to me. Since a certain friend came into my life I've started believing more in these amazing chances in life, but this...this felt like one of them. This is definitely what I needed in my life, and I feel like its only just begun.

*(taken from Non-violent communication by Rosenburg M.B. Puddledancer press