Step into the river Of love-soaked joy It will carry you home Silence monkey-mind objections Loosen tight fingers of control I gave you Eden Accept my gift Stop, now Watch the trees Leaves and branches moved by Love Watch the rise and fall of your chest Breathed by Love Watch the actions of your body …
SONG OF THE MOTHER Go slowly Nestle under my wings Breathe my breath Sing my song Love whatever is arising. All pain and sorrow Are your lost children Re-emerging To be loved at last. You are the one They have waited for To love them. Embrace those shut-out children Banished from your …
FIERCE GRACE I swept into your life Destroying all your carefully made plans. I know you loved your achievements. I know your intentions were pure. But I heard your prayers to bring love to the world. I took your offering at its word. How could you hear the cries of a broken world If you …
FIERCE GRACE Do not be afraid of the fierceness of Grace As she razes your house to the ground She comes to reveal your original face. As you blink back tears in this strange, new place She will not leave you where you were found Do not be afraid of the fierceness of Grace …
Can you see it, my love? You are beginning to wake up. Can you see what we have done together? You are ready to trust. Can you see the perfection of all the things you fought so hard against? The pain of losing it all, the loneliness of chronic illness, the stripping away of all …
DOWN AMONG THE BROKEN ONES Come down among the broken ones Who gave their hearts away Who tried to help, who tried to love All those who came their way. Come down among the lost ones Whose way of being died Who gave their all, till all was gone And darkness lit …
After last week’s Write into Life post, I have been thinking more about the wisdom of the body and how it always knows the truth, despite how many hoops the mind pushes it through. I wrote this poem about it. THE BODY KNOWS The body knows The lies you tell The headache blooms Where love …