You in a Very Special Place

Inside each one of us is a very special place

A place hidden from others and the place we go to

When we want to be alone and just be ourselves

Inside of me is my own private realm

The place where my past, present and future intersect

This is a place where secrets have no place

Here all about me is known - my vulnerabilities,

My dreams, my innermost fears, my untold yearnings,

My joys, my pains, my thoughts, my hopes...

And everything and everyone I cherish most

This is my place of questions and answers

My shelter of reasons and uncertainties

This is my sanctuary, the place where I weave

The tapestries of events in my life

To create a story all uniquely my own

This is a place where I and only I

Know of and can enter for only I hold the key

But through God’s design, someone comes along

To get past my barriers and to see the very special place

That no one had ever even glimpsed of before

With understanding and love, this person sees

All in my realm and much, much more

Amidst the pains, she sees the growing person within

And amidst the river of tears shed, she sees

An ocean freely flowing to meet the horizon with smiles

With great faith, she believes in what I can and will be

And since her coming, she has been gradually

Bringing into the open the bits and pieces

Of the self that I used to hide

With her, I have come to know and love my whole being

It feels good to be me but it feels even better and freeing

To know that I am accepted and loved as I am

By this person who is continuously adding new dimensions

To my sanctuary and has settled her self familiarly down

Her special corner in my realm where she will stay forever

And since here stay there, the very special place expanded

To include not only this person but other people as well...

That very special place is my heart,

A sheltered heart no longer but a universal one

Thanks to this person who is YOU - you who made me

See things in a different light and you who saw all of me

But had chosen to stay right here with me all these times

In spite of the bruised and flawed heart you saw

My heart has been changing since you came into my life

And so I thank you now, my dearest, special friend

For loving me as I am

And I give you an even greater thanks

For you are loving me in spite of my self

And at the same time motivating me

To rise above my limitations

By being an inspiration and a model to me...

Thank God for the gift of and God bless your good heart.

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for my best friend