LOVEANDPAIN

I want to deeply
see
feel
hear
the everywhere pain –
grieve the losses,
turn towards
the despair and anguish,
turn towards
the shivering tears and fears,
towards the children
our brothers and sisters
our gasping Earth Mother.

I no longer
run to the Light
as I did in my Light-chaser days,
rush to escape
heartbreak
loss
pain –
rise above the darkness.

And….and…..
I want to empower
my voice and courage,
grow my heart bigger than it’s ever been
and tend gently to its wounds,
move away from attaching
to the separate ‘me my mine’
and the self-centered wishes,
share BIG Love.

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Questions for Contemplation

Do you relate to the words ‘world pain?’ If so, you might contemplate and/or write about what these words mean to you.

If you like, you could also reflect on how you are navigating some of the challenges of these times and see if there are any ways of being or qualities you’d like to strengthen in yourself, as I write about in the third stanza.

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