5/3/22

Ch 1

I am floating down the river

When i fall into a massive hole

It swallows me up and churns me around

I fight with everything i have

Until i am out of breath

Finally i give up

I accept the inevitable 

It spits me out 

I gasp for breath

Grateful for the air

Thankful the river let me go

I keep on floating on

This time watching where i am going

Going with the flow

Becoming one with the river

Ch 2

I merge into with the ocean

Flowing into the waves

Suddenly i find myself lost at sea

A huge wave tosses me up

Than crashes down 

taking away my breath

Pummeling me into the dark cold depths

Floating beneath the waves

I watch them bobbing above me

No longer caught in a wave

I realize that i am the whole ocean

Not just the surface buffeted by wind

I have become lost within myself

I dive into the deepest depths

Floating in the all encompassing blissful love of the sea

Ch 3

The sun comes out

Warming my body

I feel pulled into the atmosphere 

Pressure condenses me into a cloud

Tension brings dark stormy clouds together

The winds pick up speed

And a vicious storm whips into a frenzy

Lightening crackles

Pain ripples through my mind

I am lost in the storm 

I am caught in the thunder and lightening 

Roaring out for help

The clouds move quickly

Constantly shifting and changing

As the bright blue sky peaks through a corner

I see its solidity

I feel its omnipresence

I become aware of the cloudy thought forms

They are impermeant

Behind them shines the sky

Uneffected by the storm

Identifying with that calm mind

I watch the storm dissapate

Ch. 4

I cry tears of joy as i watch it all unfold

And i am collected by leaves reaching up to life

Slipping into the form of a large oak

I am grounded in the earth

The wind picks up

A storm unfolding

And i feel my leaves thrash to and fro

Leaves and branches torn apart

Pain and panic descend 

I feel as if i am loosing myself

My limbs toward apart

I become afraid i will lose myself

And i retreat from the storm

Dropping my consciousness 

I withdraw into the trunk

Barely a quiver is felt

As i feel solid

I realize i have ridden out countless storms here

And i still survive

Yet i am still scared

I am lonely and call out for help

Moving further into my refuge

I find my roots

Gathering up plenty of nutrients 

Reaching myself out

I feel a whole community within the soil

Holding me up with love

Giving me all of the support i need

I hold on tightly

Feeling interconnected with the ecosystem

As i watch the storm pass far away on my leaves

I breath a sigh of relief 

Ch 5 

I know that more storms will come

I will fall into more holes

But i will also make it through

I will find a way out

And i know i am not alone

I see my community supporting me

And as they lend a helping hand

I reach back out to them

And send that same love they gave to me

So that we may all make it through

Together

In love