Shadow

 

 

The sun sets and rises
over us all.

Together, we rise,
together, we fall.

All have a shadow.
All reflect light.

Together, we hold on
through the dark night.

Filled with Beauty

 

 

When your heart is
filled with beauty

 

and your soul is 
filled with love,

 

 then anxiety will
melt away

 

and fear and hate
dissolve.

Take My Breath Away

 

I see you 

and you take

my breath away.

 

Your form may change,
but your essence remains
the same day by day. 

I watch as you 

light up in

pink, orange and gold.

Your beauty

so pure, 

speechless, I behold

how your splendour

never fades,

just changes day by day.

Ev’ry dawn and dusk

you return

to take my breath away.

It's Time

 

It’s time we stop playing small, 
small shoulders, small mouth,
small voice, small ideas about ourselves.

We are big, expansive, infinite,
full of the confidence that comes 
with knowing, standing in presence,
seeing the bigger picture, holding our own.

No room for smallness here.
No room for retreat, for bending over,
accommodating,

It’s time to play it big,
to yell, to dance, to step into
and own who we are, regardless of
who we are with,

to dress big, bold, confident,
to walk tall, regal, shoulders back,
chin raised, flashing eyes,
smile on our lips.

We are a goddess!
We are eternal.
We are the expression of the everlasting,
of love and light and beauty.

No room for smallness here.
It’s time.

The Way

 

 

Though we have 
forged ourselves wings, 
we are not masters
of the sky.

 

 Though we've built boats 
to sail the seas, 
we know not
the mysteries of the deep.

 

And though we walk over 
and tunnel under the Earth,
we feel not
the beating of her heart.

 

Creators and thinkers,
inventors and tinkers,
gifted, but we miss
the magic of this life. 

 

Students, not the masters,
let's learn from Mother Earth
the language of the senses,
the way that leads to love. 

 

Thank You

 Thank you, Mother, for your bright glow
that leads my way in the dark,
reminding me that I am safe and
that I can find my way home. 

Thank you, fresh breath of cool evening air
that blows through my window,
allowing me to clear my head
and breathe deeply.

Thank you, dear friend, for being near
when I am feeling alone, in need of
a shoulder to lean on and
truth spoken from a kind heart.

Thank you, Light, Beauty and Love
for reminding me
that there is good to be found everywhere
and that everything will be alright.

Human

When is it ever done?

When will we have arrived

at this mysterious place

called ‘Wholeness’,

this sense of 'Being Healed'?

The true mystery is,

why we ever left it

in the first place,

giving up a state of being

safe, loved and complete

to embark on this 

wild adventure called

Being Human.

Inhabiting a human body with

all its pain and suffering…

Why would anyone willingly

trade ecstasy for agony?

And yet, 

to be human

is also this:

To be swept up

in a wave of rapturous bliss,

to feel tender fragility

in all its beauty,

to grow, to evolve, 

to create.

To know the darkest night,

alone in the cold,

then see the light of dawn,

hear the sweet chorus of joy,

feel the warm sun on your face.

The destination of 'arriving' 
may lie far off in the distance,

but the highs and lows

of the journey itself, 
are the magic of being alive. 

And this beauty 

is what it means to be

Human.