The Wounded Healer

by Karla   Feb 29, 2012


"When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing."

Rabindranath Tagore

Cry not now for the deep wounds
burning the back of your mind
for the blood of Hydra running in
your tortured veins shall heal you
and me when time comes.

Touch me with your compassion
and teach me: I feel you subconsciously.
We both know the burden and the rites
of passage. Love is still the word that
saves. Let me save you and save me from
myself.
The window is still open and the fall
hurts less than the pain.
( I remember the blood in my white blouse...)

Some can't transcend, some get lost
in a maze of flowers.
The labyrinth connects you and me.
We can find the answer even if
our doubts and scars were the only ones
that can and could hear us.
The petals of our hearts have left their scent
in our lives. You and I know the purity
of despair and here lies strength.

Cry not for the buried bloody chains.
Our shadows are our masters.
We learnt how to grow with them though.
Hold my hand and let's share what still
makes our souls bend.
In the end Chiron shall reconcile us
with the same arrow that poisoned
our childhood.

Karla Bardanza
http://asmoonsewsthesatinstars.blogspot.com
http://skycladatmidnight.tumblr.com

Chiron was the wisest of the centaurs and the archetype of a Wounded Healer. He was accidentally wounded by an arrow that had been dipped in the blood of Hydra. Because he was immortal the venom caused him eternal torment. In his search for his own cure, he discovered how to heal others. Teaching others the healing arts, he found a measure of solace of his own pain

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  • 12 years ago

    by A lonely soul

    A poem that is very deserving for its craftsmanship, a talented write from a master of emotion projections, in her poetry. Using the inspiration from a quote from a famous poet (R. Tagore), and blending it in with a flavor of Greek mythology was very creative, indeed. The Poetess craftily uses the Chiron's wounds from the poisoned arrow myth, and her imagination to inspire a new beginning for 2 damaged souls in here. A compassionate individual that is portrayed here as the person that has been hurt (just like the Chiron), from the losses (wounds) inflicted perhaps from a previous relationship. She then goes on to portray a empyrean love that she perceives exists in the subliminal conscience of the characters, each carrying wounds from their individual pasts, to suggest that this like-minded union, can heal the fatal wounds for both. The flow and the symbolism conveyed in this hard hitting poem were par excellence. The ending was superb, injected with hope, from the story of the mythological Centaur, Chiron:

    We learnt how to grow with them though.
    Hold my hand and let's share what still
    makes our souls bend.
    In the end Chiron shall reconcile us
    with the same arrow that poisoned
    our childhood.

    The title "Wounded Healer" captures it all. The take home moral here was : Our own compassion from the experiences of hurt and pain that we endure and learn from, can help people who we love, and those that are in need of "healing". Interestingly, Saturn is associated with the past, and Uranus with the future (in astrology). Chiron, a large asteroid, juxtapositioned between the two planets, symbolically depicts the power to heal the past and transform the future. One can therefore sense why she chose the title, and why the inspiration for the poem was derived from this famous quote:

    "When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing." Rabindranath Tagore.

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  • 12 years ago

    by Sunshine

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  • 12 years ago

    by Decayed

    Your pieces always ripple the waters of my inspiration within. I can find humanity in them. Awesome piece, awesome piece.

  • 12 years ago

    by Muran

    Great work, snatched a piece of heart with it.

  • 12 years ago

    by Chelsey

    I love this poem Karla. You took a quote , and because of ur inspiration from it, you came out wih a maserpiece. Thank you for the background information. After I read that I reread this poem and it was even more amazing!

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