By Cynthia Cady Stanton | Featured Contributor
Each step forward seems a challenge…
There are rocks to dodge
and some of them with sharp edges.
Sometimes there is a soft landing
and the sweetness
of toes and heals being held.
This sweetness,
this softness,
lands right into my heart.
But going forward still
feels a chancy endeavor
as painful steps
cause careful navigation.
So I am on alert.
I watch intently for danger.
I don’t want to be wounded.
It is not a relaxing walk.
So the tension builds
in my anticipation of pain.
It kind of takes the joy away
of a walk on the beach.
I notice this –
and I bow to the awareness sparking.
And I stop.
I don’t want to proceed in the usual way.
I take a moment
to breathe in the surf spray.
I attend to the flow of the waves.
They are so peaceful
and effortless –
beautiful, really.
The music of it all
reaches the inner spaces in me –
the ones that need soothing.
I realize that
I need not take a painful path.
I can swim instead.
It has been a long time
since enjoying the grace and baptism
of cool water in the sunshine –
of surrendering to a larger support.
Walking on the rocks alone
is no longer the journey.
I choose to float instead
and learn the art and gift
of buoyancy.
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Wonderful cynthia::
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Great poem, Cynthia! The tension in the buildup is quite palpable!
Thanks so much, Brian!
Lovely. I like how you stop and experience to change the succumbing to the ‘expectation of pain’, it is by our choice that our life unfolds. Choosing to pause and experience changes it…
YES!
Cynthia, the contrasting metaphors of the weight of and the peaceful buoyancy of water are well executed. A wonderful and reassuring poem!
Thank you! I like to reassure an easier way of being with my writing.❤️
Me too! Thanks for your comment. 🙂
Thank you!