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Unfolding

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on August 18, 2022| 7 Comments »

In a vision, I saw the self
as white flower—
a many-petalled ranunculus—
a flower that opened and opened
and infinitely opened, reaching
beyond borders, beyond atmosphere,
beyond our beautiful spiral of galaxy,
its petals unfolding and unfolding,
a timeless, unending unfolding.
It comforts me to know
there’s no edge to the universe,
no way to fall off, no way
to accidentally go beyond.
There was a moment when
the green stem snapped and I worried
the blossom had become too big.
Then I felt it, how completely
the great bloom was held by the world,
and in that moment, I trusted that holding.
The flower kept growing.
Now, back in my body,
I’m still opening into that trust.

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Only in Retrospect Can I See What I Did

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on January 8, 2015| 5 Comments »

This blank page of a day.
Last night, I had already crumpled
up the paper and thrown it in the trash.
With twin fists, I made it so small,
told myself there were no stories
I was interested in knowing.
This morning, picking it up again,
I watched the paper unrumple itself,
and unfold and unfold until
it was a million million times larger
than any page I could imagine,
big enough to have any story
fit on it, any story at all, even
happily ever after.

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Six Unfoldings

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on May 23, 2014| 1 Comment »

just a hint of pink—
all day I fall in love
with the unfolding

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it looks like waiting—
betcha the caterpillar
has a different story

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the heart opens—
but first it erases
its list of shoulds

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and what is it in us
that keeps opening—in each
blossom the next seed

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kicking off
its shoes, the heart loves best
barefoot

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oh foolish woman
who saw a prison here
instead of a playground

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