When there are difficult words
and I can remember
to soften,
I let them rise from my heart,
glide along my tongue,
float in the air
for some moments,
land gently.
When they arrive
I remain quiet, open –
nested in my heart
and hers.
Questions for Contemplation
When we have something painful or difficult to communicate to another person, there is an invitation here to soften, allow the words to come from the heart. This may not be easy to do, especially if we are frightened, angry, impatient or feeling constricted about this conversation which, of course, is natural if this is emotionally charged subject matter.
If you’d like to explore this, I’d recommend experimenting for awhile in situations that aren’t too intense. If you do, notice how you feel when you keep your heart open and soften in your expression. Also become aware of how the person you are speaking to receives your communication, continuing to speak and listen from the heart if conversation ensues.
Poem a Month Archive
- What Are Your Words?
- Poems Paintings Songs
- When the Icy Tensions Thaw
- Telling Your Daughter
- To Let Ourselves Happen
- Always Here
- Dark Odyssey
- Cups That Will Always Break
- Ask the Children
- Not Knowing
- Love Will Show Us
- In Remembrance – Mary Oliver
- QUIET
- The Way of Pain
- Can We Be Love?
- Safe Invitation
- How We Are Helped
- Angel of Sadness
- Tell the Stories
- You are Broken and You Are Whole
- Tears and Wings
- Portal
- To Listen
- How to Find Poems