Where Acceptance Lives

I want to love where my heart wants to stay,

But I am not welcomed that way.

I stand at the door, ready to give,

Yet I am not allowed to truly live.

So I try to turn and walk apart,

To silence that longing in my heart.

But love cannot grow where I’m unseen,

No matter how strong my feelings have been.

Then there’s a face I try to avoid,

A place I once thought I’d leave void.

Yet somehow I end up staying there,

Because I am accepted just as I am — whole.

No pretending, no need to hide,

No fear of being pushed aside.

And slowly my guarded heart gives in,

Where I am valued from within.

My mind says, “Choose what you desire.”

My heart says, “Stay where you feel higher.”

And so they argue day and night,

Pulling me left and right.

But deep inside, one truth I see —

I flow where I am free to be me.

Where acceptance opens the door wide,

There my restless doubts subside.

When I am embraced without condition,

There ends my heart’s division.

For love grows strong and confusion dies,

Only where acceptance lies.