Meditations on a Rock

Poetry has become a tool that I use to discover myself and a tool I use to explore my emotions.  I often explore feelings in the form of a poem before I identify them any other way. I use poetry to explore my reactions and emotions to difficult or intense situations or as a form of self-reflection.  It has become a means of expressing my most intense inner thoughts.  After chanting, hiking or meditating I find that poetry flows most easily.  I revisit poems over and over, reworking them or simply observing the emotion that was behind the poem when it was written and the emotion that I feel when I read it in the present.  My poems have many meanings for me.  I might have written a poem with a meaning in a particularly situation and then find that it still fits how I am feeling in a different moment years later. 

This poem below was written in the summer of 2010.  I spent a day hiking alone and meditating in the woods in Minnesota and then wrote this as a self-reflection.  I think most of it remains true to how I see myself in this moment.


Meditations on a Rock


Susan...
Bores easily
Laughs frequently
Takes directions rarely
Knows what she wants
But is afraid to say so
Loves to dance
but is shy in front of others

Communes with nature
Vibrates with energy
Lives to explore
Longs to be free
Lives for the rush of the present
May distract herself from the truth

Grasps for what she wants
Wants everything at once
Dreams for the moment when it all turns out just as she planned

Is free spirited
A lover of all things.
Cares for others
Discovers herself daily
Is frightened by what she finds
Yet is afraid of nothing

Courageous
Strong
Determined
Capable
Steady
Exploring
Sensual
Powerful
Spiritual
Loving
Energy
Reckless

She is
A breeze on a hot day
A glance at your lover
A mothers kiss
A loyal friend
A smile on the face of a stranger

Hello Susan
You are welcome here


If you enjoy poetry, check out my favorite yoga poet Danna Faulds and read some of her poems here. http://www.kripalu.org/presenter/V0000096

Discovery

In this moment
Is the anticipation
The possibility
The hope
The fear
The question
The message to myself
Breathe
Relax
Feel
Watch
Allow
The only thing that exists is this moment
Don't miss it