This whole journey is a rising
and falling, a breaking into repair,
a stubborn hike into acceptance,
a give and take that lets the soul
breathe.
And I keep building nest after
nest, for I believe that everyone
can fly. I keep trying to understand,
a nest in itself, only to give every-
thing away, the surest way to fly.
Like a note that stirs your heart
and mine, I don’t know if I am
the key waiting to be touched.
Or the hand waiting to play.
Or the music itself waiting
for the things of the world
to let us enter.
A Question to Walk With: To what degree do you experience your own free will and to what extent do you feel yourself carried along by unseeable forces of life?
This is from my book of poems, Unadorned.
Check out Mark’s Events page at http://threeintentions.com/events for Mark’s upcoming in-person and online events.
Aug 4–6: Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY, Surviving Storms: Finding the Strength to Meet Aversity, Weekend Retreat. (web link)
Sept 8–10: Mercy by the Sea, Madison, CT, Falling Down and Getting Up: An Experiential Weekend and International Book Launch and Signing. (web link)
Sept 15–17: The Sophia Institute, Charleston, SC, Falling Down and Getting Up — Discovering your Inner Resilience and Strength. (web link)
