The body has a voice –
not silent, nor harsh –
it is a knowing.
When ego drives hard –
screaming ambition
demanding to be heard –
Block it out!
Let your body speak –
waves of understanding,
gut feelings, truth.
Logic has no place here –
book learning seldom serves
the needs of the soul –
Set it aside.
Listen to your body –
that pounding in the chest,
that sudden surge of vertigo.
Intuition is cellular –
ancient, ancestral instinct;
trust the voice within.
(I originally wrote this in October of 2014, while contemplating how I let myself become so ill. Admittedly, I had for years ignored my body’s signals. Be well all.)