Four Walls
Haikus on each of the four elements
Fire
Light that roams the Earth
Passionately life and death
Still hope in the dark
Water
Subtle waves crashing
Floods choking and hearts pounding
Elixir of life
Earth
Red rust and sweet sand
Sink in and ground in her grace
Mother to us all
Air
The double-edged sword
Necessary and lethal
Tales of change and hope
About the Creator
Sadie Hirsch
Mystical creative who writes, dreams, dances and sings
Breast Cancer survivor at 35, grateful for each day I'm alive
Keep reading
More stories from Sadie Hirsch and writers in Poets and other communities.
Trees for the Forest, Forest for the Trees
They say you can miss the forest for the trees, but I also say you have to see the trees to acknowledge the forest that you're in. And when you find that you are truly lost in a forest, don't panic. Stop. Pay attention. Listen. Silence is powerful. Look at the blades of grass, the dirt beneath your feet, the leaves of the trees, the twists and turns of every branch, the light coming through the canopy that just yet doesn't reach you. The forest is not lost in itself, it's precisely where it is supposed to be. And so are you. The shadows cast by every trunk and limb, the shimmering of the leaves in the wind, the flickering dark that is created by light, sit with it. You can't outrun it, find a clear passage, the easy way out. For if it's easy to get out of the forest and you can't spend one night terrified for your life, then you were not lost in a forest at all. You were merely blindly walking through a small stand of trees. Be still, be quiet, be patient. For those shadows you fear are the reason you're lost in the first place. And it is the shadow side that guides you to the light. You must get lost in the trees to see the forest that is you. Once you honor the light with the dark, you find your way out, for you were never lost when you're where you are supposed to be, only confused and afraid because you had never been there before.
By Sadie Hirsch about a year ago in Poets
Comments
There are no comments for this story
Be the first to respond and start the conversation.