Life is Poetry│Life Lesson │Poem│Relationships
Are You Hiding From the One You Love?
In this essay and poem, we explore vulnerability and intimacy.
Vulnerability can not be offered in a relationship until the two people in the relationship create a safe space for self-revelation. Neither party will reveal their authentic selves if a beautiful space is not created through trust, honor, and a real connection.
In interpersonal communication, healthy and fulfilling relationships call for partners to be vulnerable and share intimacy. Intimacy and vulnerability can happen in our relationships when we express our personal needs and understand the needs of others.
And yet, in my life, I can remember times when I hid my authentic self and feared vulnerability and intimacy. Being vulnerable meant giving up everything to someone else. I didn’t trust it. I didn’t understand trust had not been established in the relationship.
Today, as a more confident woman, I can share intimacy and be vulnerable with a kind man to whom I can express my personal needs as I honor his needs.
With this in heart and mind, I present to you…
Hidden
In my fears, I hid the potency of my flame
Through my tears, I cried innocently in shame
I’m…
