The Healing Storm by Patrick Clark What is my name? Where am I? I look around for some direction, orientation My heart is bleeding Someone please take the knife out! The pain feels…I don’t know…stuck in my throat…can’t get my breath… I stagger to get up Halfway in the door Am I arriving or leaving? I step outside. Ahh sun has never looked more beautiful and the mountain is solid, reassuring when I can barely stand. I feel like I’ve traveled across the universe Haven’t got my bearings yet I wipe the tears away. I have seen the entire circle of my life Felt the lightning strike And up heave the buried memories Kick me up into the air along with everything I have known. Like a migratory bird Maybe a kestrel or seagull Blown inland by a tropical storm a visitor in a strange land rare and brief unusual—out of place, out of season I glow with inner light like bright feathers of a parakeet I kick around not knowing where to go Feel uncomfortable in my old shoes. Not at home where I’ve lived for years It doesn’t fit anymore. Yet not knowing where to go. I flit around like I’m lost But I’ve finally found home. It feels good to feel lost. Like I’ve finally discovered something No more worries. Everything is in it’s place. My core inner Feeling, knowing Self Comfortable In the unknowing Timeless Placeless Presence of my being. Yet I feel tumulted The wind flings me Up and down I feel light and free each Step Is a new one On fresh ground Scary, terrifying Not knowing where I will land There is no sure thing, future, comfortable known destination, resolution. Noone can save me. There is nothing lacking Nor anything to get rid of Nothing to fix or force. I feel whole and complete Wounded but having uncovered it the wound is perfect too. I had left my body Missed almost my entire life And I have come back again. I can smell the sea in each long slow full breath The salt water and blossoms of sweet tropical flowers Blown up by the Earth’s unrest. in this land-locked stuck place twirling, swirling, thundering destroying objects and emotions that no longer serve me have no place in my life now. each one jolts with a shock Erasing a lifetime of impressions So I can start fresh I know there are other lands And a vast universe within me. Uncharted, full of surprises and Learning/discovery. Fresh, unburdened, light I bounce up and down To the right and left. Disconnected from my past Family, friends, stories, Everything has burned In the fire.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:40:03 +0000
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