I Chose Vulnerable

I chose vulnerable
To be exposed
Open

I don't mind
I lose nothing really
The truth is what it is
And I don't mind if others can see

The cost I did not expect
Is how much it hurt
Me
After
For a time

Not because of anything negative coming back
Not someone else's wounding
But because it exposed
Me
To me

And I'm left here
Opened
More deeply aware
Of me

A more vulnerable me
To bring before my God
And others
To then live deeper
Before God
With others