self care PRACTICE 1 :
THE LIST THAT BECOMES A LOVE LETTER { A POEM }
SET YOURSELF UP IN A PLACE YOU LOVE,
SUPPORT YOURSELF WITH A TIMER, PAPER & PEN
SET THE TIMER FOR FIVE MINUTES & BEGIN.
KEEPING YOUR EYES OPEN & YOUR EARS AND NOSE ALERT.
MAKE A LIST OF EVERYTHING YOU ARE CONNECTED TO
FROM WHERE YOU SIT ... COLLECT YOUR GRATITUDE.
ODE TO DEATH VALLEY . 2005
The sand pressed solid in the ground speaks of permanency
yet the loose gravel on the edges of steep mountains sing songs of OUR IMPERMANENCE.
Oh, PRECIOUS Life!
Everything has it's season, it's time,
it's place here in the valley.
The life of the creasote bushes dance in the wind like I do in the car
with the windows down,
Joni blasting from the radio...
OH Californiaaaaaa, California...
Oh - long live the impressionS and deeply vivid dreams.
wild horses and flying ravens...
oH whimsical rattles THAT keep our rhythm here--
mezmerizE ME, clear MY place right here,
now, they move wide
flying high and falling low...
like love.
mezmorizing like the vast blankets of
desert wildflowers swaying to the breeze
mezmerizing like the stars in perfect FORMATION
like the sunset and
moonrise,
mezmerizing me like aliveness does,
TAKING my breathe AWAY THE MOMENT I notice what is here.
The vast emptiness of the desert allows us the space we need
to seperate
it allows us the freedom to reflect - WITH love in our hearts
it allows us the opportunity to learn to be quiet and ALSO, TO listen.
I hear THAT I AM MULTITUDES, AND I AM! {perfect, whole and complete}.
Our oasis HERE harbours and sustains us
IN THE shade of the cottonwood trees, with HER deep roots
stretching TOWARDS THE water
SHE reminds ME of my abundant resourcefullness
i am true, blue, fluid, and free like the river
calmed by this sweet song..
i am centered in practice and eased by the support of
these strangers - my strangers - MY TRIBE.
I remain yours, alive and impressionable...
in love, and oh so full,
empassionED
yes, passion.
GREEN