Of Locks and Keys
Relationships are like working with a series of locks and keys.
There have been occasions I’ve been generously and sometimes surprisingly been offered access to an open lock and yet could not find my internal key.
That’s the thing we sometimes forget — relationships need two locks and two keys for anything useful to happen.
Even when both locks are open, a missing key means no way to lock together even when one lock can safely close — there’ll always be an insecure connection.
If both locks are closed and no keys are available…
Your key allows you to open and close your own lock — to release, to let in, to hold, to let go, to leave…
The journey is to find a master key, one that opens both locks.
Some seek keys that are copies of their own. I’ve always sought keys to locks that have different qualities to my own.
Now I’m sensing a turbulent sea, despite looking up to a bright fluffy sky. There’s a cool, invisible wind pulsing through my bones, urging me to move like it’s driving the waves into the shore. I’ve been locked in place for so long that I’ve forgotten where my key is. There’s movement in the lock and am finding it a challenge to release as I need to.
Where’s that key?
What frees me, opens me, warms me is the yearning from within, to experience all of someone and to allow myself to let them experience all of me.
The master key.
A paradox of fragility and strength — to close with someone, you first need to be open with someone.
Locks and Keys
