Shy Ones
by Steven Craig
Shy ones often have small issues in knowing what to say.
They often do better being told what to do.
When the decision is not theirs,
they excel
and put better energy into everyone’s lives.
Being shy is an interesting feeling.
At once,
you feel sheltered from the chaos around you,
and at the same time,
do desire to be involved
in the middle of all that chaos.
When end moment that comes
makes you see the chaos desired approach,
it is so easy to pull back,
retreat to quiet spaces
where the mind consoles
and the touch of needed safety
is perceived.
Perhaps,
you are afraid of the dragons
lurking just beyond,
feeling that you do not have the power
to make it though the passage.
Retreat is a place
that makes you feel familiar with your hiding,
in a way,
a lie that things are
as they have always been.
Is it that much of a salvation,
that great of a relief
to have permission to speak,
permission to perform,
permission to be accepted,
when that allowance is given
to you by one you perceive
as a powerful will of integrity
and voice that commands both respect
and hands you that needed safe spot in life.
Beckoning hands,
moving voices,
desires that grow with the moment,
the expectation,
the need to be allowed
the relief of knowing
you have done so very well
because you did not need to make a choice,
a decision,
voice the answer
that has never been
and will never be spoken.
Yes,
you can do it.
If only with
and very quietly with
a soft word
and a softer touch,
permission is a gift
granted you in advance that,
at the stairs threshold,
you will be finally happy
and content,
not with what you did,
but with yourself having done it.
09/03/2009
