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 is blocked
The wrong path
Knots your stomach
With the nausea of self-abandonment
The fear of being seen
Your precious life energy
Exchanged for acceptance.
You push on
Too busy to notice
The birds gliding effortlessly through the sky
The flower buds gently opening
The return of the spring sun
These masters showing the way home.
You push down the truth emerging
Still trying to be good
Forgetting your own innate perfection.
There is nowhere to get to
Nothing to strive for
Everything is a gift you rejected over and over
Until now.
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So beautiful and so good Susan you're an amazing woman xxx
Thanks Mags! Who knew that burning out and losing my career would lead to me learning so much about myself!