Poetic Blessings

photo by Dreamer's Intuition

UNLEASHED

What is this?

This thirst

this hunger

this feeling that tugs

and pulses and

saturates

every blink 

every breath

This feeling of wanting

to stand at the highest 

of high places—

limbs stretched out, like branches

or wings

and bow

with the whole

of my weeping

laughing

YES-ing

Voice

to my singing

feathered friends

to roots and buds and blossoms

to puddles and oceans and

awakened little streams

to the lily

that almost blooms

but not quite

to the just-born lamb

that hasn’t yet

found the ground

And to you, dear heart—

with all of your bruises

and scars and open wounds

with all of your courage

and hesitation and astonishing

Beauty

I want to pour

out my

YES-es

as if

Life

depends on it

because

I’m really quite certain

It

does

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Today feels like the day to re-share this poem (from my book, On the Other Side of Fear) to declare my deep desire to unleash, to pour out my YES-es--to invite you to do the same.   If you feel like declaring aloud (it's powerful stuff), please feel free to leave your words in the comments below...I'd love to hear what you are saying yes to (or long to say yes to).  I will do the same.

I also want to tell you that I am offering free shipping on signed copies of my book from now until December the 20th.  The coupon code to enter at the time of checkout is ***youarebeautiful***

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Sending love and poetic blessings to each of you,

Julia