River
You flow through me,
waking me to the sound of your life-giving melody
singing at times a paean of rejoice to the spring sun
as you carry me swiftly with hope to unknowable depths
quivering at other times the psalms of fractured ice
as shards of yourself clattering rigidly together in pain
whispering in another season the gentle melody of serenity
a mirror giving voice to the miracle of my own being
just before we surrender ourselves and evaporate into the wide open skies
Suddenly, the ground shakes with your return
you shout out a thunderous roar — the anthem of freedom
as you fall willfully and gracefully from atop the heavens
both arms compassionately outstretched to embrace the earth
You return with a palette of color to spread across the sky
bending the light into an arbor that unites us eternally in Love
through the unending seasons of the rest of forever
John Driggs | Meditation Teacher & Founder of The Space of Possibility Podcast, Blog, & Retreat Center | Explore & Expand the Space of Possibility that You are!
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