Who Would You Be (poem)

Who Would You Be

Who would you be

If you stopped the talking

The chatter within

Your sweet head

Who would you be

If you halted the worry

Ran far away from

The dread

Who would you be

If you let yourself stand

Right in the middle

Of silence

Who would you be

Who would you be

If you let yourself rest

When your body

Is telling you too

Who would you be

If you let yourself eat

When your belly

Is asking for food

Who would you be

If you took a small chance

To catch the creative

Inside

Who would you be

If you told your truth

Never again

Would you hide

Who would you be

Who would you be

If you listened in hard

And heeded

Your voice from within

Who would you be

If you trusted your gut

Showing you

Where to begin

Who would you be

If you knew your brain

Could show you

What’s right and what’s wrong

Who would you be

If you got really honest

Your heart

Beating out its own song

Who would you be

You would be someone

Mired in truth

Let your voice

Soar to the sky

You would be someone

Others could trust

Your words of

Honesty fly

Your heart would be

Bigger large and so brave

Because of your

Bumps in the road

You would be

You would be light

Shiny within

All people know

How to trust

You would welcome them

Straight to your heart

Turn all their

Worries to dust

You would welcome

Telling the truth

Honest your

Bright shining arch

You would be someone

Others could turn to

When looking to

Light their own spark

You would be

You would be

Someone who

Listened a lot

Help others open the soul

You would be

Someone who knew

Their own limits

Making your own body whole

You would be

Someone who could

Stand In quiet

Letting it calm from within

You would be

Able to quell all the hate

The trouble that

Wants to begin

You would be

You could be

You can be

You are

Everything open

And able to start

You would be

You could be

You can be

You are

Positive motion set

Out from your heart

So let today warm you

My words fall away

Who would you be

If you

Only

Had

One

More

Day

Just finished this one that popped out yesterday.........

I’m practicing letting em go just as they are

Honouring all hearts today

Learning to be honest

Learning to help

Learning to listen

And learning that the truth is important

Learning to listen to a body that has been disconnected

Learning to hear it’s own wisdom

Learning to listen to others

Big Love

Imagination (poem)

Imagination

Imagination is to be

Without shooting

For Reality

All possible

Open doors

Ready waiting wanting more

Future moments

Expanded wide

Blinders set off to the side

Your brain is a

Mighty thing

Always planting seeds

Imagining

A better world

Filling all the need

If you would

Let it through

it’s under our control

Allow it time

To bubble up

Ripples in the soul

Remembering

That you have it

It’s a gift to you

It has potential

To weave itself

In everything you do

A world without

Imagination

Would be dark at best

File each other

Into line

Following the rest

There would be

No colours light

No creative spark

All our talents

Hid inside

Sheltered in the dark

Such a sad

Thought indeed

Life without day dreams

Or being able

To tell you

How much you mean to me

Imagination

Is a gift

Don’t ever let it go

If we lived

Without it

Our world

Would

Never

Grow

Imagination is one thing we can rest in when things around feel uneasy or unsteady.

Rich inner landscapes we can swim in

It’s where I feel most at home

I rely on it often now

There was a time where my imagination was dulled out

because

I allowed someone access to those deep spaces.

They got edited and silenced out of me

A good reminder for today

Those spaces are precious

And all yours......

I hope that you have a bit of space

To take a moment or two

Just for yourself

To dip your toes into the cool water

And let your imagination bloom

P.S

Thank You

to those of you who show up in these spaces.....

Make a comment or simply a like

It really means a lot

To any artist......

Speaking of artists!

These gorgeous earrings were made by @divingloonbeads

I haven’t taken them off

Sometimes It’s Hard (poem)

Sometimes it’s Hard

•

Sometimes it’s hard

To feel the things

That sit inside your chest

•

Even though 

Every time 

You try your level best

•

To be all things 

To everyone

Time and time again

•

I see your heart 

Struggling and beating

To pretend 

•

“That’s not true”

You’ll tell me 

“Everything’s ok”

•

“Just buck up 

I’ll get through it

Move on with my day”

•

But oh your heart is heavy 

Dear 

Come hush it for a trial 

•

You don’t need 

To hold so much 

I’ll bear it for a while 

•

It’s moments just 

Like this you know

Where you could straight let go

•

Of your sweet 

And heavy head

Your heart together sews

•

The greatest weaving

Works of art 

Still and listen in

•

Trust that voice

Inside your being

Cellared in your skin

•

It whispers soft

And sweet to you

Longing you attend

•

See to the very

Underneath 

Where it all began

•

Hooked in your soul

Where it got lost

Many moons ago

•

Got turned into 

Some dark crooks 

Where it roots to grow

•

Do not ignore

The meager dark 

Hiding in the corners 

•

Cloak it in

With tenderness 

Helps to keep it warmer

•

It gets slight

With sympathy 

You can show yourself

•

Do not ignore

Those dark spots

Or put them on a shelf

•

Sometimes it’s hard

To remind yourself 

Load gentle on your heart

•

And soon enough

These precious things

Will 

Never 

Fall 

Apart

by arley

Run Away (poem)

Run Away

Within the thick

Of trying to say

What’s on your mind

And the invalidation 

Starts 

You can choose 

To listen to your heart

And run away

Run away from the holding

Of what once was

Because all the new is 

On the horizon

You can say thank you and know 

Deep down you will never be understood 

But it matters not

Now because 

You are good

You are good 

All parts of you 

Head to toes

You don’t need their love or their words

Cause you can make it 

I know that you can

You don’t need their acceptance 

In order to land

Ina spot that feels safe 

And ready to expand

You don’t need their opinion anymore 

You are growing each day 

When you grow in all ways

You don’t need to 

Runaway any more

Provenance (poem)

Provenance

Your Source

Where you begin and end

Knowing the day will be a new

You get to start again

That time you loved in depth

In faith

The source of rivers grew

The smallest stream has beginnings

As does the ocean blue

The origin of first creation

You are made a work of art

Because everything was placed just so

A body grows it’s parts

Your heart and bones

All organs grow

Start from smallest things

We can’t see with naked eye

Working cells that cling

Mouths that speak

Ears that hear

Your eyes are noble kings

Sometimes to seek

Of something new

Sometimes to keep it in

To see not of

Them things unsaid

Rolled around in greed

The provenance

of taming wild

The breaking of the steed

Not one Immune to the

Great goodbyes

The cutting of a thread

Provenance

Of Everything

ALL things

Begin

then

End

by

arley cox

Duality (poem)

Duality

Without the sorrow

I wouldn’t know joy

Because of the times

I was blinded

I thought I knew

But I knew not

Of what two hearts

Could look like

It takes time

And lots of patience

To know that

It can sow

An inspiring garden

Of green

And with that thought

My shoulders less they heave

My eyes see clear

And I can breathe

Your intent is

Pure connection found

And golden threads

Wound round my heart

Where once my heart was

Black and wanting

The gift of breath

A smile or two

In little moments

through the day

My spirit feels joy

Cause I’m with you

And I hope above all

You are here to stay

Because in a moment

Just yesterday

I sat and thought of you

And how wonderful it has been

Cause without the dark

I wouldn’t have seen you

And your light that shines within

by arley

Just wrote this bumpy little piece

And I kinda love that it all doesn’t fit perfectly together......because

Really.......

What actually does?????

Time flies.......two sweet years

With this guy

Brave courageous step

Of learning

And letting

Love in

Lighthouse (poem)

Lighthouse

A beacon of hope

When waters are rough

A call to danger ahead

A light so bright 

When things get dark 

Shows us where to tread 

A remembrance

Of times gone by

Sparks lit in the heart

Glowing and showing

The way back home

Going back to start

A blinding shock

Shielded eyes

Way too strong for some

Retracting back 

Into the dark

Hark the sounding hum

Of the point

That calls you home

Silent sometimes so

In the dim and dark

You see

Directs you where to go

Clears that 

Black and haunted space

Shines light warm and true

Like a hearth

Burning bright

Calling into view 

A place to cease 

And rest your head 

When waters surge to swell

A home, a lantern 

Buried peace

Halts the hounds of hell 

That snarl and nip

Around your feet

Begging you to plunge

Back to the deep 

And dark recess

A protest not for some

Come out upon

Your trace rock point

And show those in the dark

There is hope 

Straight up ahead

An ever fixed mark

Where the waters

Calm and quell

Ships find veiled cover

Protection lighting 

The shore away

Cast’s glow where shadows hover

Lost hearts find

The way back home

By solemn blazing hues 

Soulful calling

From the rocks

Jettied into view

You are safe 

And sound right now

Enveloped in the light

Still your breath 

Be true and clear

Rest 

With 

Me

For 

The 

Night

I wrote this one because I was thinking of how there are so much history and story attached to them.

They stand 

Both in dark and in light

“Begging you to plunge

Back to the deep 

And dark recess

A protest not for some”

Meaning it’s easy for some of us to slip into the darkness of whatever we might be feeling. 

We go without a fight

No protest

Lighthouses

Are also beacons

In where

I liken them to people 

You know those people who shine so bright and true in your life.

They emulate safety, truth, honesty

And goodness 

They are like a warm voice

Ever calling out to you

And when they shine their light 

Your soul can be at ease

Because you have 

Found your way 

Home

Big Love

Child (poem)

Child

There was a moment

When I pulled

My inner child

Out

I reached in

Grabbed her hand

Yanked fiercely

Through the doubt

Untangled her

From my tendons

Teared her

From my bones

She wound deep

In my core

Forged of brick

And stone

Holding on

To the thing

She thought

Kept her hidden

I Howled out

For her to hear

Into the dark

Forbidden

I called to her

As one would do

When calling

One you know

Came with haste

Into this time

Scratched hot burnt

And torn

Like a fire

World a mess

From ash and flame

Was born

This little thing

That needed words

Of tendered

Wisdom true

With her head

Held in my hands

Peered into

Eyes of blue

Wrapped her up

Into my arms

As hot tears

They ran

She cried and wept

When

She was through

She wept and cried again

Releasing fear

Of all of the words

And actions

Raised before

Raised hand in defiance

Raised words hot with hate

Raised the angered silence

Raised the locking gates

She lay limp

Within my arms

I let her breathe

And be

Cupped her head

Within my hand

Rocked her close

To me

Brushed her hair

Gently back

Whispered in her ear

Words of wisdom

Words of love

Words we long to hear

You are safe

Safe now child

Rest here

I will hold you

You no longer

Have to fear The wolf........

Or words

That scold you

I’ll hold you here

In my arms

They can be your home

I guide you into safety

Dear......

Where you’ll be

Newly born

Within their gentle

Sweetened grace

Find that gilded shore

And Know

You Are Safe

With

Me

Forevermore....

It’s been a long while since I have been able to write anything.

I had a dream yesterday

my inner child

came to me

I held her in my arms

Wondering what she would want to hear me say.

This is what came out.

We wept

And for the first time

In a very long time

We felt safe

So today

I wrote this one

for the inner child in all of us......

That yearns and longs to be held safely and unconditionally.

That wants to be heard and understood

I Write this from my heart to yours With as much tenderness

As you will allow yourself today.

Teach (poem)

Teach

Oh Teach

I know it’s hard

And those littles need you

They need you so

A courage source

To show them how to get through

This is new

We see for sure

Such untethered ground

We know not what

To make of it

No signs to be found

The only answer

That I know

Your care gives gifts anew

Oh Teach

We need you so

You are our compass true

The strong point

That guides us on

When the seas are rough

Our center Mark

We look upon

To know we are enough

You cultivate

A space so safe

Held within your room

Courage heart

And bravery

We see you are the glue

Made of strong

And sticky stuff

You hold us all together

Because of you

We feel safe

Head to heart we tether

Oh Teach

We might fear

What’s around the bend

Through all the dark

And dreary things

You are our strongest friend

You hold the lamp

Way up high

To help guide the way

Your light protects

From the unknown

Keeps us from the fray

Oh Teach

Don’t loose hope

We need you so we do

Our Teach

With hope,

Faith,

Bravery

Our

Guide

That is

You

I’ve been having dreams lately

About all of my teacher friends.

I can feel the unease

It’s palpable

And I wanted to write this to tell my teacher friends

That you are all so important

You are our guides

And so many littles need you

And no matter what

Even though this is new and scary

You are

Loved so deeply

By so many

Keep being you

Keep being strong

Keep being the light

by arley

Stuck (poem)

Stuck

Do you ever feel stuck

Like you just can’t move

Your feet be wide and heavy

Cement flows in your shoes

When you want to get it done

And fear it over takes

Thinking this..and that..and then

Mind coals get over raked

Of not feeling good enough

It’s all that you can do

To cajole out the courage

And ask your bricks to move

Cmon you slow and heavy things

Beg them....”See me through!!!”

One small step this way or that

Choked as you reprove

Your worthiness relies on it

It’s all it can afford

Though you break your back on it

Straining cut those cords

That hold you down so easily

Like a great fish net

The more you struggle..you find out

The more you’re stuck....you bet

Until you calm and realize

It’s all within your breath

To heave one big heavy sigh

Not forward to your death

As you breathe and stay close in

The chords they fall away

Solid net all bundled up

You leave it on the quay

Boots of brick and stone are next

Kick them off you will

Or at least....wiggle out

With great ease and skill

No net now to hold you down

No feet made of stone

Body moves so freely

Seeping in your bones

You are light as air....you see

Your worth won’t tie you down

Because you have ability

Your hands won’t let you drown

The world is out there waiting

For you to just believe

To know that you can do it

Hearts pinned upon your sleeve

A Heart that used to bleed and cry

Whereas the tough got going

When you’re calm and still enough

Your heart fills up with knowing

The things that held you back

Dark imaginings at best

All self doubt and loveless moments

Filling up your chest

It’s not true...you know sweet friend

Stone boots and tangled nets

They are there so you can see

The other side of fence

And when you jump right over

Alignment it will bring

Knowing that you weren’t that stuck

Because

Your doubts

Became

Your

Wings

So this is a story

And it’s all about being

Super scared

And when that happens

It’s ok

Because we need to see the other side of things to focus in on the whole picture.

You know when you feel stuck

Like you are trying to move forward

But these invisible forces hold you back....

I’ve been feeling this way for a few months now

And I wanted to share this with you incase you have been feeling that too.

And I wanted you to know you aren’t alone.

I ‘m just now starting to feel

Unstuck

It’s feeling good and I hope it lasts

I hope this will give me the courage and strength of heart to jump in with both feet

And launch

Letter Kite

This little album is holding so much energy that I want to honour and let go of.

And I would love for you to honour it with me when it comes out.

It would mean the world to me.

It really really would

I also want to tell you

I miss you lots

And I miss singing with you

And for you

And to you

So I wanted to write this as a little reminder for us all that even when self doubt creeps in and you find you are stuck in your armour.....

there is always another side to the story....

Somewhere

Waiting

around the corner

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

Happiness (poem)

Happiness.....

In my eyes

This haunted word

Bothers my insides so

Does it exist

All the time

As fleeting moments go

To take one bit

Deep in the soul

Preciousness it brings

It lasts a while

And flows forward

Like wind under feathered wing

To want for Happiness

All the time

Can be a big request

As human emotion

Comes in many forms

Uncontrolled at best

To say your goal

Is to have just one

Stops you in the fray

The human form

Emitted verifies

So Many during the day

Do not strive

For a happiness

That might not exist

Solely as one soft

Place to land

To take within its midst

So Free yourself

From the unrealistic....

Ideals that it brings

And celebrate

All of the feelings

Your wild existence sings

To feel joyous

Grateful, contemplative

Sadness, fear, light

Tragedy, grief,

Loneliness

Love in highest highs

I wish for you

Deeply, greatly

To let all emotions flow

And do not strive

For happiness

As the only attainable goal

For without the others

Strength and Tenacity

Surly cannot be found

The darkness too

Has a place in you

forged brimstone from the ground

It has it’s place

Set at the table

In this handsome life

Not one immune to tragedy

Without darkness

There can be no light

Happiness can be

Gifted moments

Around our lifetime strewn

A tapestry woven

Of all emotions.....

The vast landscape

That is You

These words spilled out last night

Learning to integrate all of the bits that sit in the grey.......

Loving you just as you are....and all you emote today.....

Full Moon Gratitude (Blog)

Full Moon Gratitude

In this very moment 
I hold in my heart
Deep Gratitude......
For all of the dark and light parts

In Gratitude for the dark
That was actually a gift 
Knowing it is separate... 
Attach not to it

In Gratitude for the light
That holds up that dark
Moments in between 
Connecting an arc

In Gratitude for YOU
Your big courageous heart
That lights up the path 
You know who you are

In Gratitude for trust
And knowing.....I can!!!
Allowing in love
A sweet place to land

In Gratitude for knowing 
To take a back seat
Your hands take the wheel
Asking for help.....when in need

In Gratitude for friends...
Who make brighter days
Holding my hand
Showing easier ways

In Gratitude for learning
I’m open in every way 
With love in my heart.....
I can change the old stays

In Gratitude for your soul
Who shows brave and strong 
Witnessing your resiliency 
You’ve been held all along

In Gratitude for the years 
I get to walk this earth
One foot after the next
For the new that gets birthed

In Gratitude for the PROTECTORS 
of my sensitive heart
It’s because of YOU
I find my way through the dark (thank you)

In Gratitude..
For all of the good.....
And the bad....
Because without both the sides...
You don’t know what you have

Just a sweet little note 
For my 41st year....
As I shift into new.....

I’m bathing in Gratitude..... 
For all of you.......

Each and every one.........

My heart is 
full up.....
Fulllllllll 
UP!!!!

the Call (poem)

The Call

If you take some time

Close your eyes

And listen

You can hear a faint rumbling

Something is calling you

To move in a direction

To pivot

To gently take action

Or to sit......

Letting it unfold before you

Is sometimes the hardest part

To let go of the reigns

And let it be

To move in the direction it needs to

If you can get really still

You will hear it

Follow the call

Slowly and sweetly.....

I’m being called slowly into something

It has been knocking on the door for quite sometime.

Being invited back in....

It feels good and right....

The pieces are all coming into focus.....

listening

surrendering

pivoting

learning

every step of the way

The Gift (poem)

The Gift

You have a little gift

That sits deep down inside

It might not be apparent

Lots of times it hides

It’s that special little something

That makes you especially you

To find it you must think on it

It will soon unveil its clues

It might be something great and big

It might be something small

It might be something creative

Or maybe not at all

It’s something only you can hold

You may not think you do

I know there’s something down inside

That shines so bright and true

Sometimes you will give it

Share it as a gift

It can appear sweet and slow

Or rather fast and swift

It could be dancing free and wild

Or drawing with a pen

Singing loud for all to hear

Or simply listening to a friend

It could be holding quiet space

While folks around you cry

It could be smiling big and wide

To strangers passing by

The gift can come in many shapes

Feelings, colours, light

And when you share it generously

It lifts the heavy high

Because

When you share your special something

They believe that they can too

Then your gift gets doubled

Fast inside of you

And once you know your gift

Can reach farther than before

Your heart can rest

Cause it’s done it’s best

With ease and generosity

YOUR GIFT

Created

More

I’m not entirely sure why my writing is coming out like sweet little kid story books lately..........

but I’m called to write it down and share it anyway......

So that’s what I do.....

Sending love.....and honouring all of your gifts that you share so generously with the world.....you know.....that’s a pretty big deal...

Grow Slow (poem)

Grow Slow

These words have been in my head

Last couple of days......

A reminder to move

At your very own pace.

So much that we see.....

Says we aren’t fast enough...

Like if you don’t do this thing

You’ll never catch up

So every day.......

I’m learning to (Grow Slow)

No need to be so fast

That you

Forget as you go

Life can be short

We know this to be fact

But if you rush the creative

You might feel a lack

Lack of “this”

Less than “that”

The feeling of trailing

Behind the pack.....

Well I say “It doesn’t matter”

If you love what you do

Grow slow with the moment

And it will grow with you

And before you know it

You’ve become a great towering Forrest

Because that slow growth

Creates roots below it

Roots that dive

And creep all around

A concrete foundation

Forced deep underground

A strong base to hold you

So tall and upright

Lets you shoot up......

And lift toward light

Grow slow.....

Grow slow.....

Grow slow.....

My dear

It may only last

A few days

Or a year

Knowing this is steady work.....

All the way down to it’s seams

It’s ok to

Grow......

Slow.......

My Love.....

It

........Supports

.......................Bigger

....................................Dreams

Sending so much love out there today.

This one is written especially just for you.

A good reminder to allow things to simply unfold.

The Striking Hands (poem)

The Striking Hands

.

For those of you

Who felt as though

This season is longer than most

Where all small talk

And nodding heads

Cast dark doubts upon your shore

.

In a room of smiling friends

You feel you are sitting with strangers

Just waiting for the hands to strike

Because that means

It

is

Finally

over

.

The heart in this chest

navigates towards yours

I know how long it’s been

When space feels

like a thin veil

When you want to crawl out of your skin

.

I can’t explain each tiny detail

It’s way too deep and wide

You know who you are

Who feel this whole season

Is not your favourite by far

.

So when those two hands strike tonight

Way straight up on twelve

May you breathe a breath

Way deep down in your chest

Knowing It’s finally done

.

And

.

Because of your courageous heart

Because of all your brave steps

You can calmly walk

Head held high

into another one

.

.

I wrote this really fast....

so it reads quite messy and bumpy.....

Perfection is for the birds....

So I’m chucking this out there.

This is the inspiration of many deep and long conversations I’ve had over the last couple of weeks with friends......

Sending so much love to you all as we navigate next steps, big moves, exciting victories,

and all of the gorgeous mundane and sad bits in between......

I’m pretty sure that’s where the magic happens.

Love Love Loving you just exactly as you are.

Wishing you one heck of a

New Year My Loves

See you in 2019

And Thank You Thank You Thank You for everything!!!

A Work Of Art (poem)

A work of Art

That is the artists hands

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Flat and worn left hand

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Round and warm right

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All of the lines and grooves

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Placed perfectly so

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Because of the hours spent moulding them

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Your Art shows up for you in so many different ways

.

Today I’m honouring the hours spent

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Today I’m witnessing the flat rough bits

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The hunch of the shoulders

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The ache in the back

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The parts of you that whisper

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Keep going

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Without them

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The art would not exist

The Tipping Point (poem)

The Tipping Point

I see you.....

Workin hard...

Pushing that boulder up the hill

Our efforts, most times

outweigh the outcome

Don’t give up

or stand quietly still

For all that we are

And every sweet move

Consistently adds up to a gain...

Making something from nothing

The love of creation

Was planted straight into our brains

So as we push that boulder

Up to the peak

Of that long, unending steep hill

Muscles strained from the weight

Underneath our legs quake

Bit by bit

We are gaining small wins

Small wins strung together.....

Create something bigger

When we reach the very tip top

That big bulky boulder

One great heave sends it over...

Over that mountain of rock

We watch in awe....arms raised high

Finally free from the strain

But we don’t realize

That very big boulder???.....

The one we shoved over???....

Is at the bottom....

Again....

Frick.....

So off we go with our heads held low

Disappointed....

But we push to begin.....

Realizing this time,

The hill’s a much smaller size....

And our muscles are ready

To dig in

So we push that rock up

The next hill, and the next

Till that big thing becomes much smaller

Our muscles can handle the rough terrain

We become bolder, stronger, wiser

If you have tenacity

And the most fearless of SOULS

You will be able to sit in the space

That asks you to wait, and wait, and wait........

Wait for the very next roll

So To you I say

Love those small wins

They gift us strong backs, arms

and shoulders

It can all come your way

And I knew.....

That one day.....

We’d get damn gifted at pushing them

boulders

To all of the creative people out there

Doing all of the most incredible things

And all of the things that feel hard

Keep going...

We need you around

You make the world a much brighter, better place

A sweet note from me to you...

And....as I push my own bunch of rocks over here....it’s a reminder for me too...

Love, Love, Loving You Well

Love Yourself (poem)

Love Yourself

A thought has been in my awareness

and it is all about self love

This thought

might turn out to be....

a pretty serious one.....

Do you love yourself?

I mean

Really love yourself?

It seems all day we can put thoughts into our head that make us think we do

Spreading pleasant quotes

Through this and that

That share words

And encourage us to

It’s great and all....

But I’ve wondered for a while

If words float around themselves

Or if the work is being done

One to one....

Do you really love yourself??

I think it’s a life long journey

We are complex creatures with minds that get tangled up in the tiniest things

Continuously bombarded

with should have

could have

would haves

Too short...

Too fat...

Too thin...

Too big...

Too small...

Too sensitive...

Too much of all the things

That reveals in time

A dark empty shelf

So

Tell me sweet heart

Do you really love yourself?

It’s tricky sometimes

We clutch so hard

to make it all come true

Love seems a sliding scale

Sometimes we love so easily

And other times....

We don’t want to

And when we are aware

And can lay it bare

That love don’t always come easy

we push through the door

To find shards on the floor

Chaos can make us uneasy

The shards are things we aren’t proud of

That need a bit of holding

A little compassion and empathy

Instead of dark

foreboding

Those fragmented scraps

Of “not good enough”

Need all the sweetest attentions

To know that they belong

when they have done wrong

Cause

It was never their intention

So You toil and build

Piece by piece a most

Colourful work of art

A mosaic made out of the scraps that were....

At one time torn apart

We see all of the

callousness

Understand all the wrong

Lees by lees

Sliver by sliver

Knowing all along

That

It’s a slow pour to fill that cup

Patience is key

So don’t give up

Make it your life’s gentle work

As

gentle rolling swells

on the sea

So Sweetly and with intention

We can slowly close the gap

There will be good days

And bad

But I know that you can

Really learn

Really truly learn

Learn To love yourself

I’m learning everyday

I hope you are too