That familiar ache in my heart
Lets me know I’m connected
To the truth of my life, to my soul
It’s where I sing from
It’s where I dream
From my heart, I can never go wrong
Heart-Centered
unconditional love
Bare Light
Her eyes were luminescent
I saw straight into her soul
All else had been but stripped away
She was left to be simply whole
Her dying body housed a loving heart
And from that she shone and she was
I came to know that all that matters
Is our humanness – our goodness, and flaws
Ceasefire
It’s high time to assemble you all
To congregate the many parts of my self
That with which I struggle and push
And that which brings me joy and wealth
The brave, the meek, the in-between
Sit you all aside one another in peace
I promise equal time for all: I love you each
It is time for the Great War to cease
Agile Heart
Take care not to waken
the pain of this world
in a child with an agile heart.
Or she’ll learn way too soon
to hide all her shine.
Take care of her fragile heart.
Ownership
No longer have to trademark my grief
Don’t need the world to see where I was broke
I’ve given myself full attention and love
All I’d held dormant is now woke
I’ve befriended it all, found a place in my heart
For what used to have me in tatters
Don’t need you to see it to make it all real
It’s mine now, and that’s all that matters
Mirror, Mirror
Never doubt that I see you
Know all that you’ve survived
See the strength that you have found
All the ways that you have thrived
From where you started until now
Look how far that you have come
All the shit that’s happened to you
The many things you’ve overcome
Look at you, my strong, brave girl
My beautiful, resilient one
My heart is bursting, full of love
For all that you’ve become
Inspired by The Daily Post Daily Word Prompt: overcome
In Honor and Appreciation for the Life and Work of Louise Hay
#louisehay #mirrorwork #affirmations #youarebeloved #beyourownbiggestfan
Inhabitant
This body o’mine
Through her I’ve met the world
She’s been gentle with me
But her, I’ve pushed and hurled
She’s taken hard knocks
From without and within
I’ve treated her rough
Lived a life full of sin
She’s asked little of me
Given me all that I’ve asked
Less-than-loving I’ve been
At times, she’s been trashed
I’ve wasted so much time
Hating parts I deemed flawed
The time has come to make peace
And to treat her with awe
I see her now as she is
A miraculous home for my soul
I thank her daily and nurture her
She’s a beautiful part of my whole
Homecoming
I’m emerging from my center
More confident
More curious
Something’s unfurling deep within
A knowing
A joy in being
A releasing of what’s seemed lost
So missed
So welcome
So…mine
Inspired by The Daily Post Daily Word Prompt: unfurl
Time Travel
Shiny peach polish on elegant, tapered fingers
Faint fragrance of rose mixed with Jergen’s
I loved your creamy white hands, Grandmother
I’d lay alongside you as you napped, put my fingertips next to yours
Watch the rise and fall of your chest, feel the warmth of your breath
Fall into a peaceful sleep that felt like being carried on a breeze
I’ve never felt as safe and loved as I did then
You’ve been gone so long, but I can find you whenever I want
I just put on some Jergen’s and close my eyes
Beyond the Skinny Branches 