The poems are from Go In and In (Poems from the Heart of Yoga) by Danna Faulds and are below. Thank you to Sue.
LET IT GO
Let go of the ways you thought life
would unfold; the holding of plans
or dreams or expectations--Let it
all go.
Save your strength to swim
with the tide. The choice to fight
what is here before you now will
only result in struggle, fear, and
desperate attempts to flee from the
very energy you long for.
Let go. Let it all go and flow with the grace
that washes through your days whether
you receive it gently or with all your
quills raised to defend against invaders.
Take this on faith: the mind may never
find the explanations that it seeks, but
you will move forward nonetheless.
Let go, and the wave's crest will carry
you to unknown shores, beyond your
wildest dreams or destinations.
Let it all go and find the place of rest and
peace, and certain transformation.
WATING FOR SAFETY
Fern,
furled,
a question mark
waving in the wind,
holding to the fetal curl
and the safety of the winter womb.
Nothing,
not the gentle
kiss of sun,
nor stream voice,
calling, can coax
that frond
to unfurl
one single moment
before it does.
