Note to Self

A BLESSING AS I WAIT FOR MEDICAL TEST RESULTS

When the road laid for you by others,
your own good intentions,
or estimation
begins to crack under your feet,
know that you are held by the ground 
underneath the path.

It’s unruly, and cannot be tamed,
yet it’s fertility gives birth to 
all the things the Divine draws forth.

Receive the blessing of holding 
what breaks in you 
with love and curiosity.

For the Divine is, indeed, drawing forth in you
a gift less visible 
through fear and 
clenched fists.

You can rest in it.

Open your hands.
Open your lungs.
Open your belly.
Breathe it in.

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