Let The Healing Begin

Let healing come
To us all
And soon

Let it wash over

What is broken
Within us

Let it surround us

And hold us
Still

Let it come

With lightness
And help us rise

Let it find us lost

And lead us
Home

Let it make

Our divided
Spirits whole
 
Let it heal
And warm
Our souls
From within

Let the healing begin

 

How Do We Live Life Knowing

How do we
Live life knowing

That everything we love

Can be taken from us

In an instant

 

Violently

Unfairly

Without cause

Or regard

Without so much

As leaving
Anything for us
To blame

How do we

Live life knowing
That our children
Might develop
Terminal illnesses

That our most

Important relationships
Could end abruptly 
On any given day

That our beloved pets

May die tragically
Or of old age
Either way, too soon

That our lives

Could end randomly
As we walk
To the store
To buy milk

How do we

Make a life
Knowing well
The risks of life

Some say  

We go on
Because life’s joys
Outweigh life’s pains
 
I say
It depends
Who you are

Yet still

There is something
Special about life
That keeps most of us
Willing to live it
 
Keeps most of us
Walking through bravely
Open to the joy
Ready for the pain

Callings

Each of us
Uniquely broken
Into pieces
That leave in us
Our life’s calling

Callings

Diverse in purpose
But not intensity

And though I admit

I am often
Fully consumed

Life deep in the causes

That my own broken heart
Has led me to

Each time I lift

My tired eyes

I am overcome with awe

At the sight of my sisters
Living their own callings
Just as deeply
 
I see us weary and driven

I see us not giving up

I see us

Changing this world

With our passion
And our pain

And I am happy

To do
My part

 

The callings around me that inspire me now…

Breast cancer awareness
Cannabis reform
Disability / Inclusion
Dog rescue
Mental Illness awareness
Racial equality
Women’s Rights
etc…

I Woke Up Today

I woke up today knowing without doubt

That I have something to offer this world

And I always have

 

Why haven’t I know this with such certainty before

My task now

To find

What is stopping me from offering

The best of me to this world

Whatever it is, I will move it

Offer up my best self freely

And give myself permission

To be exactly who I am

And who I have been all along

A Part

A part of me

Died with him
Forever now

Attached to his soul

Forever with him
Wherever he may soar

 

Just as

 
A part of him
Lives on in me

Forever now

Attached to my soul

 

Forever with me

Wherever I go

Forever apart

No
Not a chance

Forever a part

Yes
And always

What Our Hearts Love

Think of how
Our lives would be
If we could find
What our hearts love
And do it