The prompt for what's going on is fearlessness or courage. This is my call for courage
The thread that shelters
When the world wanders
down a shadowed path,
forgetting the truth you carry within,
when its hands neglect
the pulse of what matters:
the breath of mother earth,
the thread between hearts
sheltering them
Keep your soul!
Let it roam unguarded
through the meadow of its becoming.
Let the mind sharpen,
yet do not let the world
bend you to its iron ways!
Remember the first light you trusted,
how it asked for nothing,
only to be seen
pure.
Imagine that light still holds you.
It lifts what’s real in you.
until it glows where the night
forgets to look.
And from this, courage comes:
the quiet rising,
the steady step forward
into the sunlit room
of your truth.
...courage is an important part of life.
ReplyDeleteMarja, I have really come to appreciate your poetry even more in the past weeks. You have really written a courageous poem that builds and builds and builds. The last stanza is stellar, strong, and memorable! Whew!
ReplyDelete"Keep your soul!" and "Remember the first light you trusted"
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, wow, what a powerful journey to the inside where courage grows. I like the night, the sunlit room, "the meadow of its becoming." I feel courage is organic in your poem, something that will rise if we let it.
Marja, this is beautiful, and wise. I especially love "Remember the first light you trusted, how it asked for nothing, only to be seen pure." You have so beautifully described the beauty if the natural world and how it has been my solace through everything that happens. Just lovely.
ReplyDeleteDear Marja, this is so lovely! I also wanted to say how much I love your blog header photo collage! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a majestic and beautiful ending to this wonderful poem - I love the sense of walking towards and working towards inner happiness - Jae
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful poem, Marja, beginning pianissimo and ending with a fortissimo that throws light into all dark corners!
ReplyDeleteNature is critical to my well being and always has been. You describe it well. It asks for nothing yet gives so much. Sadly, it is neglected by so many and destroyed by even more.
ReplyDelete"Keep your soul!
ReplyDeleteLet it roam unguarded
through the meadow of its becoming." I feel this is the key to unlock that sunlit room within. Every word radiates wisdom and truth and to be aware of "the quiet rising" is so liberating. A beautiful poem, Marja.
loved the journey all the way to enlightenment - Keep your soul!
ReplyDeleteLet it roam unguarded
through the meadow of its becoming.
What a rousing, energizing call to move forward in confidence and hope! Lovely poem, Marja.
ReplyDeleteEr gaat zoveel kracht en wijsheid uit van je gedichten. Ze geven moed om door te gaan en om jezelf te mogen zijn.
ReplyDelete'yet do not let the world
bend you to its iron ways!'
Prachtig. Ik voel me aangesproken.
Bedankt voor je mooie woorden.
Dank je wel.
DeleteJe reactie doet me echt goed.
Het is bijzonder om te horen dat de woorden je kracht geven.
Daar ben ik heel dankbaar voor.
"And from this, courage comes:
ReplyDeletethe quiet rising,
the steady step forward
into the sunlit room
of your truth."
Beautifully stated truth, Marja.