BODYPSALMS

   “The queen’s chair” by Dobee Snowber

Sit on the mat
of your own imperfections
constellations of longing
brew beneath winter
the ripe darkness

You are not separate
from the earth’s spinning
she is within your cells
calling forth tenderness
from tissues of vulnerability

Listen in the shadow
embrace the disruptions
attend in the unknown
here is a companion

The stars of your own turning.

Artwork  “New Chapter” by Dobee Snowber

The present moment offers
inner immensity
through times of transition.

Let yourself be astonished
when you are halted
to a moment of wonder
when your old routine dissolves

Release your sinews through all –

hope, loss and comfort

Know the creative life
calls for another order

Allow for the fallow
circle back to the quiet

deep within your body
wooing you
to a new chapter.