Heart & Mind

When my heart and mind
in harmony are aligned,

there is no room for fear,
and doubt is left behind. 

A Bright Future

 

 

Standing tall,
roots in the ground,

feeling strong,

safe to look around,

To breathe in deep

the cool, forest air,

to feel the wind, 

the breeze through my hair,

from where I am home,

free to be me,

my eyes look ahead,

a bright future I see.

Relax Your Wings

 

 

Even butterflies
need to land
in order to rest.

Breathe deep,
relax your wings and
let the wind carry you. 

How To Fly

And so, you have found your wings,
you are learning 
how to fly!

And many days,
you will spin and twirl,
do pirouettes in the sky!

But there will be days
that feel heavy, you'll forget 
how to rise from the ground.

On those days, keep faith!
For although you're just learning
and your wings you have only just found,

the truth is,
you have always been free, 
to expand, to soar and roam,

and the endless, open sky 
has always been 
your home. 

Embrace & Overcome

 

Remember this, my Dear,

when you’re overwhelmed by fear:

 

Your greatest pain

is your gain

 

when the things you’re running from

you embrace, you'll overcome.

Best Friend

 No more
putting yourself down.

No more
greeting yourself with a frown. 

'You are beautiful!' 
I say.

'How graceful 
you navigate each day.'

I know you still carry
much pain, my Dear.

But how bravely
you face your every fear. 

You play, you explore,
you adventurous Girl! 

The world is your dance floor,
you spin and you twirl.

You turn every challenge
into your gain.

No holding back,
you dance in the rain!

And one day, you'll see
that in the end

 you have been 
your own best friend. 

Knowing Myself

Holding myself 
through all kinds of weather,

carrying myself

when alone or together,

Taking up space,

speaking my mind, 
growing in confidence
while being kind,

 

Knowing myself,
becoming bold,
letting my life,
my story unfold.

 

Remembering

 

Who is she,

the woman I am becoming?

Is she the scared child
who climbs a high tree to escape and feel safe? 

Is she the fearful girl
with downcast eyes who asks permission?

Is she the young maiden
who seeks to please to hold the peace?

 

Or has she finally remembered?

 

Has she remembered
that she has always been safe?

Has she remembered
that she needs no one's approval, but her own?

Has she remembered that she 
is free to express, to dance, to play, to simply be?

 

Yes, she is me.
Remembering.
And she is free.

 

Enchanting Weaver

  Enchanting Weaver,
Beautiful Dreamer,
starlight in your eyes!

The darkness 
never held you.
You dance under open skies! 

She Dances!

 In the darkness,
only starlight as her guide,

no one to watch her, 
no cause to shrink or hide.

Music in her ears,
no other human sound,

she spins, she jumps, she twirls,
her feet kissing the ground.

Her arms spread wide, her head flung back, 
her eyes cast high above,

 

she moves to her own rhythm,
her guiding flow is love.
 

Into Flow

 

Rising higher
into flow,

 not always knowing
where to go,

I follow my soul,
I hear her voice.

To shrink or expand
is a choice.

So upwards and onwards
I will go.

Fall or rise,
I'll grow into flow. 

Through Darkness

 

Why not
let go?

Why not
open up?

Why not
embrace life

with all its pain
and all its joy?

Tread through
the murky waters,

swim through
the dark unknown,

then emerge
through the light

with a gasp
and a scream, 

having come
through this life,

through darkness 
reborn! 

I Am

I Am 
a Goddess,
I Am
a Queen,

Creating
my story,
living
my dream!

I move,
I grow,

I breathe,
I flow.

 

 

My Shadow

 

 

Sometimes, when it's dark ahead, 
she goes before me.

'Follow me', she says.

'It’s okay. I know the way.'

Sometimes, when the sun is on my face,

she goes behind, keeping watch.

'Run free into the light', she says,

'It’s okay. I’ve got your back.'

Sometimes, when I’m doubting my next step,

she is there, right beside me, 

her hair billowing in the wind, 

her legs taking big strides.

She is ageless, my shadow.

 

She is child,

she is woman,

she is elder.

She is wild, 

she is free,

she is wise, 

 

And she is me. 

It's Okay

 

It’s okay to breathe deep,

it’s okay to let go,

it’s okay to step out

though the path is unknown.

It’s okay to get lost,

it’s okay to not know,

for, one day, you'll see

through trusting, you've grown.

 

It’s okay to trip and fall,

it’s okay to laugh and smile,

through embracing it all,

the path will be shown.

 

What is True

 Some days
I see you.

I see your beauty
and what is true.

 Some days, I look 
and what I see

is anxiety's stories
distracting me,

and my feelings
and fears cloud what is real.

 Yet truth is not found
in what I feel.

Light enters in
through parts that are broken,

and darkness is held
with love that's unspoken.

Beauty, distorted,
though ugly it seems,

can show what needs healing
with golden seams.

Some days, I see it,
love's magic spell,

holding us, whispering:
"All will be well."

 

 

 

For the Voiceless

To hold sacred 
that which holds life,

to speak words for the voiceless, 
to paint pictures with syntaxes,

great ribbons that shape meaning
out of floating stars of truth.

 

Perhaps WE are the true voiceless, 
a race of humans who have forgotten 

the speech of our own native tongue,
wandering within echo chambers

of self-inflicted fear and destruction
where all wisdom has been lost.

 

But children's laughter 
awakens us from this spell

and the memory of water 
carries freedom for our souls.

 

I will speak truth
where her voice has been silenced.

I will share beauty
where our eyes have gone blind.

I will dance the rhythm of the Earth 
and sing the hymn of the sea.

 

Will you dance with me
and let our feet remember 
the drumbeat of the Earth?

Will you sing with me 
and let our voice carry
the song of healing and rebirth?

 

I Will Live

 In this life
I will learn to
feel it all.

 I will rise,
I will stumble,
and I will fall.

 I will find 
the beauty
through the pain.

I will feel
the warm sun
after the rain.

I will grow
and expand,
I will learn how to fly.

In this life
I will live
before I die. 

What If...

 

The path that you walk
is a red carpet 
rolled out for royalty,

you really are 
safe, loved, and free
to just be...

Life doesn't expect
you to suffer,
toil or strive,

you're allowed
to simply stop,
and enjoy being alive... 

'The wound is where
the light enters'
turns out to be true,

and in the end,
it's okay
to just be you.

 

Together

 

 

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.