The Haunted House
For every child there
is a house, and all children
know which it is, that
speaks of loneliness,
of fear, mystery,
hate, and anguish live, there
there is a house where
few are seen to live and less
dare to pass by or enter.
There is a house in
every childhood where fear
resides, which dares are
challenged to others, to go –
to spend a night in –
a means to conquer one’s fear,
if not fear itself,
and if one is brave enough
knowledge and courage is gained.
To wander through this
darkness and encompassing
fear, running into
unseen objects and having
the mind make stories
of fear, of pain, of suffering
and then emerging
the next morning with courage
and compassion in your heart.
For every child
there is a house that brings forth
a serene strength that
can only be gained through the
darkest night where the
heart finds it’s courage and it’s
acceptance through love
for when fear of the unknown
fails only love will prevail.
Within every heart
there is such a house that one
must go through, that act
of entering and the quick
revelations soon
to follow will bare the seeds
of our growth; and to
finally emerge with love
and a gentle strength through life.
