What is True?
I pull the answer closer with each bead I touch
There is sometimes heaviness in the world
There is also space
Time is immeasurable
Now is all there is
Peace exists in stillness
To quiet the mind is not to silence it
I am true
Light is always here
Life is practice
Love
Everything is bound together
Disconnection exists only in our minds
I am in your heart
The stars are the stories of long ago
Movement awakens
Stillness awakens
In stillness, it breathes
Taking in only what it needs
It allows the wind, the waves, to shape it
Not fighting change, rather greeting it openly
Softness rounds its edges
While it keeps its core strong
Hearing everything with gentleness
No judgement, no anger
Let me be like the essence of stone
Still and breathing
Accepting nourishment and love
Leaning into change
Welcoming it
Softening my rough edges
Not losing who I am
Listening Deeply
Being love
I guide my body
With love and compassion
Through a pain I’m coming to know
Awareness takes away the fear
Warmth brings comfort
Rest brings easement
A wave of pain rises
And I meet it with breath
The body clenches
And I meet it with breath
Creating space and understanding
Allows me to create strength
My body strong, not broken
My body resilient now and brave
Waking refreshed
The pain a dream-like memory
And the fibers of my being changed
Up so early again
I rise before the first glimmers of light
I stumble through dreams
To begin my day
The ritual mixes with rhythm
To get me out the door on time
I wait for the train and think,
it’s so early
As the city comes into view
So does the light
Awakening shapes and shadows
That hold countless stories
This cycle continues
A beauty so often unnoticed
The times of transition
Are precocious gems
We close our eyes
To what we don’t wish to see
And in doing so
We often miss life
The light and the dark
Have lessons to share
If only we’d open our eyes
What magic awaits us…
Holding onto trust
In a broken fractured world
Can take so much strength
Strength is hard to find
In the darkest days and hours
Stillness guides the way
Take seat from the core
Turn deeply inward to see
The eternal light
Ever present glow
Home to trust, strength and knowing
Waiting to be found
Shed away layers
Let them burn up in the fire
Revealing your truth
Open the heart and
Receive the gift of being
Authentically you
Trust comes naturally
When you live from your wisdom
Then you can find peace
* A note about this poem: Haiku found me in a big way this summer and held me together and things around me felt like they were falling apart. Here, I created a longer poem made from haiku stanzas.
I saw a leaf
flying
downward
through the sky
like a shooting star
It hit the ground, out of my sight
But on the wind it carried
the promise
of a beautiful autumn
We gathered together on a magical lake. We shared laughter and tears. We shared souls. We lifted each other, we held each other, we gave each other space to lay our burdens down or unpack them bit by bit. We gave and found exactly what we needed.
We were given the gorgeous opportunity to share with each other what we saw of their souls. Here, grouped together in the way that poured forth from me, are some of the words of my magic making sisters.
This poem and post inspired by Hannah Marcotti in her program Community Grace and the words of some of my lovely soul sisters who I recently retreated with in Maine.
This is also the first in a new feature on the blog, Poetry Growing the Light Fantastic which will be a Sunday Morning Special.
