I am aware. Keep the space. One of my favourite things about this journey is that each time there is change. Each time I go deeper. I laugh at myself for having been so blind before. Not in a harsh critical way, but fondly. Like a mother enjoying her child’s antics. We must go Ever … Continue reading
Category Archives: Poetry
Keep the Space – a poem inspired by Shari’s Yoga Safari.
I have awakened. Keep the space. One of my favourite things about this journey is that each time there is change. Each time I go deeper. I laugh at myself for having been so blind before. Not in a harsh critical way, but fondly. Like a mother enjoying her child’s antics. We must go ever … Continue reading
This is what I have been afraid of…
This is what I have been afraid of. That if I showed you how hurt I am, how much pain I’m in, that it would be too much for you and you would turn away from me. I hope I am wrong, I hope you can learn to understand who I am and accept who … Continue reading
Dissolving. Until next time.
As the feelings dissolve, I begin again to enjoy each breath. Flowing, unobstructed, such a pleasant sensation, such a delicate balance, in and out, fully and deeply. I feel my self re-emerge as participant rather than observer, quietly re-positioning, realigning, rearranging. With new eyes I re-frame and take on a new perspective. I see. As difficult … Continue reading
zen retreat poetry
I I began to understand. Things fell into place, All around me, Like raindrops on a field of tall dry grass. I began to see. The work of sitting has just begun, And now to sit, Like a raindrop falling into the ocean. Moving into stillness. Opening into expansiveness. Filling with emptiness. I dissolve. II … Continue reading
In memory.
Each drop of rain can be seen as a single entity until it falls into the water to join the ocean again. The raindrop is no less special to us for not being distinguishable in the ocean. Continue reading
One moment in a lifetime
There are moments in life when everything begins, Moments in which everything is possible, When it all comes together and makes sense, That moment is calm and clear. There are times when you can see everything in a single moment, Times when every possibility is open to you, When the expansive universe seems as though … Continue reading
Drowning not waving.
In silence I await the settling of the pond. From time to time a peace resounds, Then movement ripples across the surface, images, disturbances, sufferings of the mind. Small moments of near bliss that beckon me deeper. I see how the suffering is all my own but still I swim in it. I feel how … Continue reading