terra incognita

a wide, white ribbon

is the stretch of the arms of the gods,

meeting my reach and surrender.

it is time to lay down on this solid green earth

and laugh.

the unshakeable hideouts are shaking.

light is shimmering on every blade of grass.

it is time to stand up in this everclear sky

and cry.

sorrow has come and gone; loneliness, too.

that old, weathered road is starting to show its weeds

and soon it will be hard to find.

this step now, with these new and naked soles,

is the start of a path; a worthy road to ride.

how to expand in this inhale and let the world and all it's love come rushing in?

it comes in these soft hands, these soft eyes, tendered with tears.

I am given these words to hold and my hands fumble to know their shape.

They are the sweetest songs that I have never heard before.

This new music tangles my tongue and catches my breath.

how to open my mouth and drink in the swell of this sea?

it comes like untamed rain and I have been accustomed to a teaspoon; patient for another drop.

now, there is an invitation to step into this dance,

trust my weak knees, my stumbles and fumbles.

It is my turn to jump these feet into the muddy puddle, to feel the splash all the way up to my smile and to recognize that this untameable laugh is my own.