More Of The Heart

In Spring, 2023 I wrote this poem below.
To encourage patience. And beauty. And stillness.
Thx to my friend Katharine Weinmann, Sageing picked it up (p. 4)

For inspiration.

In Troubled Times of the Heart

In troubled times of the heart,
it is wise to live moment to moment,
to let the belly instinct within us,
tend to our animal nature.

In troubled times of the heart,
the deeply inner requests attention and honoring;
the muscles, the joints, and the cells
need time and spaciousness.

In troubled times of the heart,
the mind will resist getting still;
it likes to vigilantly run and rerun stories
in frantic search among dark landscapes.

In troubled times of the heart,
it is wise to surrender
to that which is dying,
and to that inner longing that so shyly peeks forward.

In troubled times of the heart,
let us remember that a new story need not yet come;
it can be a moment for a vacancy
to bring its unique and timely medicine.