BODYPSALMS

You are being re-knitted from the inside out
the beauty of the threads within you
are invisible yet are luminescent
to the art of a soulful life

Honor all the textures of your years
the memories, losses, joys, forgotten secrets
which have shaped your innermost being
each color, hue and thread is knitted into your story
and formed the uniqueness of you

In this (w)holy place
there is an aesthetic of randomness
borne through the living place of creation
each child in the universe
is woven into the fabric of the larger story
the story whose name is
rewritten to
the place where we are known
and know

Embrace your doubts
as you do knots in the fabric
Caress your losses
as openings to honor the depths

Re-Knit your life
to the landscape of cherishing
each fragment you live through
this is the material for sweetness
your body-spirit made visible
in all the ways you honor
the fibers of the collective
story we knit together
into wonder.

Notice the texture
of your own yearning
listen for its tone
its shape, the circular
feel of how you are called
back again and again
to its mouth

The inner waters beckon you
they have as much expanse
as the open sea you adore
Be/loved in the breath
which holds you in an embrace
and waits as a patient lover

Rest you anxious one
and find home
in the elements within and without
wind, ocean, stone and sky
reach towards you
as your skin touches
the lip of creation

Listen for the stillness
in the gestures of your heart
and let your belly
usher you into the
crevices of your wisdom

Embrace shadow and light
both reside within you
they are partners in a dance
and form the constellations
of your inner landscape

Trust the salt of your own life
and know paradox is at your feet
and stars of wonder
release from your palms

Tread softly on the terrain
of this journey of being human
and return home
to the thirst within you
it is drawing you always
to the reservoir
where you can drink
oceans of love
and each small movement
is an invitation
to letting BE

Take these morsels
which are given
these are your wings
from which you stand
and which you rise.