A Heart's Permission by Alan Sowersby

Revelation and Catharsis,

Words I have come to understand,

Not normally part of my dialogue,

(nor would I dismiss them out of hand).

But they appear to have significance,

At this juncture in my life,

As mental instabilities,

Cause turbulence and strife.

I looked them up in the dictionary,

To confirm my interpretation,

Of their etymological provenance,

 And of their proper application.

It seems they are a perfect fit,

To explain my frame of mind,

Enables me to remould myself,

To create a future kind.

Of man that celebrates the skills he has,

The energy and optimism,

Evaporates fears and anxieties,

That brutal self-criticism.

Revelation was my starting point,

Of this mental rewiring sequence,

The boldness that I summoned up,

To confess my inner weakness.

The process of releasing stress,

Those deeply held emotions,

Was Catharsis, by any other name,

Like the touch of a soothing lotion.

My heart it needs this future path,

And it's given its permission,

To replace the person that I used to be,

With this remodelled new edition.