i call forth ease

life enters my lungs -

each breath brings

me more alive.

i welcome the ease of breathing

into all areas of my life.

so many seem to believe

that nothing worth having

comes with ease

but personally i find this narrative

deceitful in its nature.

it feels like a lie

from the patriarchy.

it feels like something

to try to keep us

underneath someone else’s thumb.

life itself will inevitably bring hardship

and moments of grief

and losses that are hard to comprehend.

we don’t need to add more struggle

on top of the unavoidable.

i call forth a life of ease

combined with effort that flows

naturally

and energy that feels

sustaining and congruent

to who i am

in the deepest levels

of my soul.

i let my challenges

be resistance to colonial

capitalistic patriarchy.

i welcome the challenge

of discovering more deeply

who i am as i continue

to decondition

and unlearn all the false truths

of what it means

to be a human

on this earth.