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Yin

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on May 21, 2023| 13 Comments »

            after an hour of yoga with Erika Moss
 
 
Curled on the earth
like a small animal,
I bury my nose in the grass
and breathe in the surprising sweetness
of spring green and purple bloom
and soil still damp from last night’s rain,
and though my eyes are closed
the desert sun enters anyway,
infusing my inner world
with radiance, with red.
There are so many ways
I work to hold myself up,
but in this soft moment,
I notice how nothing
is asked of me and how,
when I am still,
the world I might ignore
invites itself in.
 
There is such a thing,
says my friend,
as the back of the heart.
It is, she says, like the dark side
of the moon.
I honor that dark side,
that quiet, shadowy terrain
that is no less necessary,
no less true for being dim.
There will be a time to unfurl,
to open, to shine, to rise,
but in this charmed interval,
I sink deeper, deeper
into what is cool,
what is quiet,
what is beyond my knowing.
The interval builds a nest around me.
I do nothing and feel
how I am held.

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Nine Dismantlings

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on August 9, 2012| 2 Comments »

my hammer, my nails
what good are they now
the whole roof collapsed

*

doe in the meadow
my thoughts in the meadow
one of these is quiet

**

so much to learn
about
not knowing

***

not by the shoulders
but by the soul
life shakes me

****

hands bloody
tearing down a wall
that isn’t even there

*****

doe in the meadow
my thoughts in the meadow
one of these is quiet

******

at the same time
the tree grows
toward darkness, toward light

*******

so open my hands
not holding
my hammer, my nails

*********

surrounded by rubble
still I beg Love, keep having
your way with me

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