Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Meet me at the Water's Edge a hopeful poem Barbara Sanders Dec 7   READ IN APP   I live at the Water’s Edge Thanks for reading Barbara Sanders' Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribed Between and among Land and Sea Amphibian in form Ethereal in Spirit My sleek fish body and long tail in the water My human torso and upper body Lying on the sand, gritty and tough My pores open to Water and Air Earth and Fire Tangling and mixing together Tendrils wrapping around and Through me Bringing delicate light and warmth Darkness and Desire Into Oneness I am devoted to the dark feminine Kali Ma Along with Black Madonna Those shadowy but omnipresent Powerful, magical mysteries Permeating throughout our culture And time The New Earth approaches and I balance between tides and the moon Between sun and the winds I become a bridge to the new world A connector touching each Imagining umbilical cords and Connections so tight that sometimes I cannot breathe In order not to be imprisoned I move into the water and Swim away like a whale or a dolphin Coming up for air While diving and jumping or I gracefully glide, rest and feed Like a sea turtle or a sea star I run on the sand, breathing heavily Searching for sharks feeding close to the beach I see them as they scare those Who are frightened and alone While I gaze, amazed at the beauty of All sea life, as weird and strange as it can be I am not ready to disconnect, to let go of One or the other, land or sea I hold fast to them both partly Wanting to let go of one, and surrender To the other, letting the water or air Drown me with Grace and let go of Some of my receding earthly roles Resting in the arms of blissful awakening Either here between Or absorbed into one or the other Meet me at the Water’s Edge And we will enter the enormous deep And wild peace of both the Light and the dark Each world existing as Divine experience Holding us up and Thrashing us about Until we no longer notice Fear Once submersed or submerged Immersed or emerging in Love