Scenes from the Journey: Wake Up Empty

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Wake up empty if you must

then spend your whole day filling.

Look at the sky

whether it's the colour of milk

or sea

or Paradise itself.

Hold a tree to fill a crevice or two.

Put your foot on the needles of the forest floor and

let Earth filter through

your sole to expand your soul.

So many ways to generate fullness:

babies, deep talk,

dancing to the rhythms of your heart,

hugs.

Consider also the charms of domesticity:

chop an onion,

knead the dough,

create a scarf by looping a single strand of yarn

through itself, through itself, through itself.

Send out some love

and watch new love seep into the cracks.

Above all: kneel before what is awesome

then stretch your neck to kiss the sky.

Scenes from the Journey