Rumi: "Don't Go Back to Sleep"

 Back to sleep?

We are just waking up from

A long summer's nap

Years of COVID

Years of Grief

Transformation is just beginning

Change surrounds us in abundance

This time with less fear..... strange.....

Facing new truths

Not living them completely yet

Imagining this new kind of life

Sensing so much fear and anger

Around us as we move within

Nature's intense cycle of life

Appreciating even the wasp's sting

The snakes that slide through our gardens

The animals are speaking

The trees and plants are singing

Their roots prompt re-membering

The birds and beasts wrap us up in

Their silences, holding us warm and tight

Awaiting this new birth that is 

Sprouting between our legs

Oh, Wonder! Oh, Joy!

This baby will teach us 

About the divine within us

About the spark and the dark 

Shadows within our soft souls

Letting go of fear

Releasing the breath

Calming our nervous systems

Deepening our sense of aliveness

I hope to meet you here

Shalom