In Essence, Human

My faith is goat steady –
surefooted in rocky times –
I keep her within sight,
safely separated.

Store her with potential –
mountain lion persistent –
set them on the other side
of vision – lock myself away.

It’s the tigress in my heart
that unsettles me the most –
certain by her pacing
that she’ll consume me

Tremble at the demands –
self being called to embrace
something higher, deeper –
an assertion of essence.

( “Contemplating Emergence” is the name of the art, that like the poem, found its origins in my dreams.)

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Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

11 thoughts on “In Essence, Human”

  2. Unsettling … trembling … inevitable when we mature to realization that faith is not the end-answer … indeed something deeper within pushes to connect with something higher calling. You’ve put words to the inner unrest we wrestle with. And a gorgeous image! (Perhaps a gentle soul peering out from strands of consciousness?)

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    1. I’ve set aside so much of myself for so long, and it’s as if it is busting to be birthed. While the bird was not meant to be a mere chick, that is how she emerged. Love your take, and feedback. Thanks!

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  3. Oh V.J., you went and did it again! You spoke my heart for me especially this part: It’s the tigress in my heart
    that unsettles me the most –
    certain by her pacing
    that she’ll consume me
    Took my breath away! Thank you for sharing you gift! 😀 ❤

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