Why Pretend It Is Not There?

For a study group I’m in, one participant recently shared this poem below, The Call, by The Terma Collective.

The Call

what in your life
is calling you?

when all the noise
is silenced,
the meetings
adjourned,
the lists laid aside,
and the wild iris
blooms by itself
in the dark forest,
what still pulls
on your soul?

in the silence
between your
heartbeats
hides a summons.

do you hear it?

name it,
if you must,
or leave it
nameless,
but why pretend
it is not there?

I love how it points to what is there, whether named or not. There is a level of dignity in seeing summons.

It’s the work for so many of us in deep dives. And in venturing along the path of community and cooperation, punctuated by simple insights and practice.

2 Replies to “Why Pretend It Is Not There?”

  1. Love this…Tenneson, so relevant as I step into training to facilitate Our Whole Lives in the UU world….

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