This poem was written during my daily meditation practice. It did not come from thinking, from looking for words and creating literature, it did not come from the mind. It came out of flowing, words that my body had to say. It is part of FLOW writing which will be a series of poems spoken by my Body, and not from a place of the Mind.
Just move through, let it move through you,
imagine the ocean permeating every cell,
every crevice of brokenness, reviving.
Let it move through you, this
old stagnation, this
holding on to old things, lovers, old beliefs, shake it off
Dance it!
With pride.
You are no longer that.
Give yourself permission to feel
to feel
to feel more this time
to feel past the shame imprinted on your skin –
In my world there is no shame
All is welcome
Our darkness is necessary.
Give yourself permission to feel
to see the god in love making
to nurture an intimacy with Death, yet choose living
to receive the miracle of skin to skin
to listen to the stories of our breath
Others told you, told us
to be more, love more, shrink or expand in proportion to their limitations
to be safe, listen more, less, talk touch harder
skin too pale, too soft, too hard, you are too weak too loud. They’d say
we are never enough.
I say
no more
no
more.
Wild creature we are not tame
but valuable
star miracles
seeds of the earth
we are the god in prayer
we belong to the earth. We have known Dying
so closely felt Her gripping, enticing;
I say just be.
Just be.
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