A Letter To My Inner Child
~Sept.8, 1997.~
Meggie, sweet Meggie?I send this message to you?
Meggie, darlin', I love you all the way to the moon and back and that ain't gonna change?
I want you to know that I DO love you?that I DO care for you..that I AM here for you?.now and always?
I feel so guilty for what happened to you, though I do not feel that you are guilty in any way?you were so young, so little?I wish I could have protected you?I wish that I could have been strong enough to race in there, pick you up and take you away from that hell?you didn't deserve to be there?
When I finally stopped to think about you today, Meggie, I looked past my own concerns as an adult for a moment and thought about YOU?the little girl that lives inside me?I thought about how much it must have hurt?you must have been so strong not to feel anything while he raped you?you were a brave little girl?you must have been so scared while all of it was happening?questioning yourself?and these people that were supposed to love you?
Well I offer to you my love Meggie, and it is REAL love..there are no strings attached?I love everything about you?.I wish that I could have loved and protected you earlier?
When I close my eyes, I see you standing there all alone?crying?.wishing with everything you've got for someone to come along and love you, and hold you, stroke your hair, and tell you it'll be ok?no one ever did that for you when you were little did they? You wanted so bad to be the little girl that everyone wanted to see?you tried so hard to be good..you covered up the sadness and the fear and the pain for eighteen years..you did a hell of a job, kiddo, but it's ok to let it go now?honest?I am here?I am your strength?I will help you?you have me now..I can hold you?I can love you?I can wipe away all your tears?I LOVE YOU Meggie..trust in me?.I will not let you go?hold my hand?hold on to me?I am here for you..you mean the world to me..you are precious?.My only wish is for someone to love and care for me as much?