Today’s inspiration comes from chapter 2 of Jean Shinoda Bolen’s book Close to the Bone. The chapter title is “The Ground Gives Way Under Us.” Then I read Nick Flynn’s poem “Marathon,” and I was struck by these words and decided they deserved a spine poem, simply to process what I have been reading and thinking.
…until this cloud is pulled back from the sky, until the ringing is pulled back from the bell…
this new reality, I was a
cloud of uncertainty. It
is worth noting I had recurring doubts
pulled from I-don’t-know-where, coming
back to a rhythm of underlying worry
from fear of loss and
the loss of fearlessness. The
sky is where I’d look and breathe
until I could see with clarity
the constant shifts, and hear the
ringing of the birds voices, and know this
is joy and a reminder to me,
pulled from inner knowing
back to a place of freedom
from loss and fear,
the yet unknown possibilities in reach, the
bell of joy here in my heart.
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