Bodypsalm for Ease
Pursue ease.
as a guiding principle
live with simplicity and clarity
cultivate more space in your life
Observe how you take such pleasure
in open expanse –
geographies of sea and lakes
rocks and seaweed jetting out into low tide
the meeting of water and sky
the space between
what is solid and what is air
What you are drawn to outwardly
teaches you everything
about your inward leanings
the visual feast before your eyes
is a scent of the life you yearn for
rhythms of lapping waves are the rhythms of
your own life which nourish you
seasons of change are the canvas
of your emotional terrain
painting across your soul
You may be compressed on many sides
responsibilities can enhance and devour your life
Allow a horizon in your world
you need more than a slit of light
you require splashes everywhere
color infusing and interrupting
the rituals of daily activity
Bring on the oranges and yellows
in the midst of dark greens
reds in the midst of night black
Your love of the natural world
reveals your deepest longing
Honor all textures in the journey
The unexpected, the uninvited
each has its purpose:
nourishment, reflection, expanded living
Invoke spaces of reprieve
within acts of doing
rest in moments of pause
and know that each sip of beauty
in creation’s hand is
an invitation into ease.