It’s not so much that you want the snow
back in the drive, it’s just that your back
felt so much better before the shoveling,
and so, using your sideways logic, you think
to yourself that if the snow were unshoveled
your back might unhurt. And while
you’re at it, you think you might unthink
those thoughts you thought the night before
shoveling the drive. Though they didn’t
amount to any action, now that you’ve
thought them they’ve become a frame
that’s changed everything. So you start
with the snow, because revising that seems easier
than anything else, but to shovel it back
in the drive would seem to exacerbate
the problem with the back, so
you consider ways the snow might unfall,
all of them fanciful. At least for a while,
it amuses you, the idea of ten million
million snowflakes rising, but then
the reality of drought returns and you
feel guilty for unwishing the snow. No,
better to put your hope in perseverance,
better to put your hope in healing.
It happens. And you walk up the drive,
so snowless and clear you can safely look up
at the sky and see all those stars. The snow
gathers whatever light there is. It can’t
unshine. You thrill a bit in the chill. Some
of the shine reaches into you. Some of it stays.
🙂 Lovely! 🙂 Loved it!
thank you, friend!
“because revising that seems easier
than anything else”
(This feels like where the “delta” sign would go 🙂 – at least the first one. I love how you touch that human condition of “just give me the easy way out of this mess!”)
“all of them fanciful. At least for a while, it amuses you”
(and that slight lift of humor, that crack, the pause, the space where awakening can happen – I love how you let the lightness of humor disarm)
“It happens”
(and this lovely realization of “it isn’t personal, it just is” – how wise!)
“Some of it stays”
(yep, some of it stays!! Thank Goodness! – Love, in any form, is like that.)
Thank you for this poem!! It was balm for my soul tonight. I just needed to feel this one. You are such an inspiration!!
PS This poem made me remember one of my favorites of yours…Note to Self above the Paradox Valley. One of my most often used Rosemerry quotes (of which there are many), is “You cannot shovel snow that has yet to fall.” This line is just about so damn perfect it stops me in my tracks!
Sending you love and light on this New Year’s eve,eve,eve, eve –
(and a healthy and strong back! )
Namaste my friend,
Augusta
https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2016/10/04/above-the-paradox-valley/
In case someone wanted to find your poem I mentioned above, here’s the link on your blog. The name is slightly different than in your “hands-down, outstanding, super-amazing” book Naked for Tea!! 🙂
Ah, yes! I remember writing that poem in the exact place I met you in person! I love that you are looking at poems to see where the energetic shift is, where they turn on themselves. Noting the delta made me soooo happy! Thank goodness some of it stays.
Sending you New Year hugs and lots of gratitude for you being so exactly you,
r
🙂 Looking for the delta has opened my eyes so very much! Thanks for sharing your wisdom! …
and “How to Unshovel Snow” is my reading and theme for tomorrow’s class – it just says so much! Nice reminder about how to head into the New Year! Blessings friend!