The Promise (poem)
The Promise
Beginning a day
Breaking in the pain
Or letting go of such
The promise of a new horizon
Showing up
The reason you
Tumble out of bed
And
For that alone
Get to begin again
The promise
That you are able
To taste
Or smell or touch
To hear and speak
To listen and feel
To move
Freely
Experience change
Have choice
Right now
To love so fiercely
In the face of
Adversity
Pain
Rejection
Or because you can artlessly receive
To let someone be the champion
Of your heart
Allowing goodness
To flow in
Unencumbered
Even when daunting...or doubtful
Because
We know
Deep down
Not one of us
Is immune to heartbreak
The promise that
This very precious life
When it brings you to your knees
Can be
In unexpected flashes
Exquisite.....
Beyond fancy
Imagination
Cracks your eyes wide open
For one sweet moment
You can see
And understand
What might
Actually be going on here
You can begin
In buoyancy
That each new day
Can show you with
Acuity
That you are
As big
And
As hopeful
As the uncharted horizon
That waits for you
And welcomes you home
With arms wide open
A little writing.....to you from me.....
In hopes that your horizons open up for you in the most unequivocal way.
And maybe also
A wild promise
That mountains
Can actually
Become hillsides