- Vanessa
Balance (and a Bonus poem)
Updated: Nov 23, 2020

Balance
Home grandmother
aching beauty
rocking
minor chord
rocking
strings descending ascending
meandering down the path of
freedom
thought
commitment to the heart
welcome home you
this is the meadow
time
I look back and see only sunlight
like the pain is in flames
that only burn in beauty
I see it
behind me and only spurring me on
embracing heat at my back
saying, "Fly"
and ahead?
ahead
is
sky
so wide and
free-wheeling in colour
and here are the waves
again and again
and I'm surfing them
my heart skimming
the rushing water
magic.
There Is No Door
inhale deep in the belly
open the throat
head back
exposed and safe and
powerful
as we exhale
"haaaahhhhhhh"
tongue out
mouth wide
warrior space
God is rushing out
you cannot enter here
there is no room for intruders
there is no door
there is no need of a door
I am the gate holder
I am.