
The last few weeks
It seems that I have been
Holding my breath…
Suspended by a thin thread…
Clouded with uncertainty…
Stuck in a surreal landscape…
Fear is the language
In the town
It spreads like gossip
Everywhere
Fear – in empty supermarket shelves
Fear – in the theft of important hospital masks
Fear – in the queues waiting to buy guns…
When in reality
We all have enough…
We would
If we shared what we have.
Even if we don’t have spare money to share –
We can share our time, our energy, our compassion…
We can share our talents, our gifts…
To ease the hunger of Spirit…
The hunger of Heart…
Or even real empty stomach hunger..
I don’t want to stay suspended
I don’t want to stay paralyzed by fear
I don’t want to stay holding my breath
This is the time
I must rise out of my stuckness…
Rise out of fear…
To acquire less and to give more…
To move inward
To discover the completeness of who I am
The completeness of who we are…
We are gifts to each other.
We are enough as we are.
We refuse to be defined
by the market world of Success…
Success – the crown of the entitled few
Success – that comes at a cost
To our environment…
To our indigenous cultures…
To our own communities…
To our own families…
And our own creative selves.
We desire for all to be truly Wealthy –
Wealth of well-being
Wealth of deep satisfaction in life
Wealth of our inner creative life.
Let us refuse to hold our breath any longer
Let us remember that we are enough
Let us remember that we have enough to share
The time is now to choose
The Way of Love not Fear
Let us breathe out a new way of being in the world
And stop holding our breath.
Thankyou
Connection is what I felt by reading your poem. 🌻
Impermanence breeds fear yet there is wisdom in being empowered by what could become, given that we collectively unite as like minds and hearts to live in harmony with each other and our beautiful earth.
Thankyou for sharing.
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Thanks Chrissy. I so agree. The more we unite, the more hope we have for building a more ecological, sustainable planet and equitable world. xx
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