How
Can I accept
Your offer to help
When that very offer
Is tainted?
By opening myself
To your love
I would also be reopening
The old wounds
Inflicted by you
Unfortunately
For both of us
Your love
Isn’t strong enough
To stop that pain
Unfortunately
For both of us
I am not
Strong enough
To move on
This poem is from the book A Requiem For What Could Have Been: Poetry For The Broken
Zachary Phillips is a counselor, coach, meditation instructor, author, and poet. He helps entrepreneurs, spiritualists, and survivors identify and release the limiting beliefs that no longer serve. With compassion and insight, he supports them as they navigate dark nights of the soul and find peace, guiding them from surviving to passionately thriving using tips, tools, and techniques that enable them to process the past, accept the present, and embrace the future with positivity and purpose. Zachary is also a qualified teacher, personal trainer, Reiki master, and is currently studying a Master of Counseling.
