It is time to release the shame.

Something,

Someone planted the seeds and you unwittingly

Let them grow tenuous roots

Around your insides;

Behind your eyes.

Cut the source of the growth at the root

Feel it wither on its own.

Shame cannot flourish if you cease to nourish it.

It cannot grow without your attention.

Lift your eyes to your beauty.

You are living,

Breathing

Golden light.