Bodypsalm for Waiting
Posted in LINKS on March 22nd, 2010 by CelesteAFTER GLOW by Dobee Snowber
Even when we don’t desire it God is ripening. Rilke
There are many seasons
each has its own texture of waiting
when the season arrives you know
When the rains or first snow descends
you do not look for
your bathing suit or take out
the box of gloves and winter hats
when the burning sun reveals her face
It just is – and all the waiting
for the season does not
help its commencement
it is a quiet knowing
the state of weather changes
So it is with the art of waiting
a long arc of patience
fueled from within
the well of not knowing
a resting in the unknown
trusting in the timing
for all ripenings.
You cannot rush the tomato’s growth
if picked before its time
the bold red juice will not split open
surrender to the duration of your own growth
Not all things grow in the same time or cycle
nor does any human being grow in the same fashion
physically or inwardly
There are some seasons in life
that have made their way with you
and others you are still living
in the in-between of waiting
is a fertile riparian zone
an edge which is the center
When one ripening comes
another will need to come
waves of birth, death and renewal.
Relationships too have their own timing
of comings and goings, but always
it is about your own ripening
that Beloved is concerned with.
Trust in your own inner journey
know your soul is being wooed to the depths
Embrace the rhythm of your own spiritual path
the advent of waiting is an avenue for joy
and patience is a return to
a long inward glance of the great silence
which holds all things.