(Radical) Vulnerability (2024)

I ask to take your hand

You don’t have to

It’s a choice

You may not be ready

To see what I have to show

I will not force you

To bear witness

But if you are prepared to do so

Together we will move to a place

A space

Where we can lay down our armour

And remove our shrouds

And reveal the inside

I am unprotected now

I hold out my bloody heart

And I know

You could fire at it.