morphology

feel unconditional earth
enduring lungs 
your belly receiving and letting go 

circles of holding, small and close, 
and unending

feel nothing for as long as it takes to open
resistance for as long as it takes to soften 
grief for as long as it takes to empty 

wrap up in arms and blankets and sweet sounds,
feel your fear.

there are voices inside you, calling you to truth
voices surrounding you, calling you to truth,
listen, listen again 

feel the swelling sea of remembering
fashion a vessel of present time to hold onto 

let the excruciating swallow you, every horror and
beauty and crossroads knitting them together
collect your breath taking, lay your haunting
to rest, trace the shape of your shadow into welcome

feel your feet, your breath, the clearest
impulse arising inside, lighting the lamps of what
is yours to do

listen to your heart
like it’s a song 
that stills the orbit of planets 
with its grace 

 it is