It's Nice to Have 'Em Back

I had them as a child,
I recall them being good.
I still recall them being
turned around, misunderstood.

I just am now recov'ring them
and finding them today.
To think how long they turned their backs
and hid themselves away!

I think about how many times
folks drug them through the dirt.
How through their words and thoughtlessness
had caused them so much hurt.

How being too damn sensitive
had left them open wide
for people and their cheap shots.
I can see now why they'd hide.

They went away so gradually,
that I was not aware.
I didn't even miss them;
I believed they were still there...

Until I looked inside myself
and started to release them.
The more I got in touch with them,
the more I would increase them.

I really started liking them,
the more I got to know them.
I even liked it better, once
that I'd begun to show them.

The ones that I'd been holding
made it difficult to bare them.
But since I've found these good ones,
I can hardly wait to share them.

I'm finding in expressing them
a sigh of great relief,
Regardless if they're happy ones
or those of pain or grief.

Angry ones are coming out
with hopes of no return.
Hopeful ones are growing
into love and true concern.

I feel my spirit growing
and my happiness returning.
So many things about myself
that I am fin'ly learning!

All my pain and all my hurt
are finding brand new healings,
The more I get in touch with me
and all my long lost feelings.