Shame is pain for being who you are.
Guilt is pain for what you have done
So shame is much worse
If you wanted to be someone.
Actions can be altered
Actions can be forgiven.
But being in shame about yourself
Can make a hell of heaven.
No-one knows my story.
No-one knows my name.
I want to disappear forever
And never come here again.
No-one seems to love me.
I shrink from humankind.
I lie like a hunted fox or beast
In the hedgerows of my mind.
How can shame be changed?
How can shame disappear?
Only when we live with the shame
With acceptance and without fear
How my heart sings 