In the midst of darkness, there is new growth
Within a tiny seed, there is life and intelligence…
Can you hear the whispers, so faint and yet
The sound is quiet loud!
If only we would listen…
I heard it in the voice of my children
Weeping at the seams of their heart…
Tearing me apart!
I heard it in my body… aches… it hurts…
Too much discomfort!
I heard the waves of the sea violently crashing in on me
Nine years… but I could not see clearly
Mental disparity
Emotional irregularity!
Then an unknown virus appears
And now the whole world is all ears!
Filled with intense anxieties and fears…
I take a moment
And realize… nothing much has changed for me
But a reflection of my life… consistently!
So in the silence of global isolation… while the world is on pause
I listen… I breathe… I take rest… connect and redirect… my attention
And start to release some of this tension!
Each new day I rise and give thanks for my life
As it’s a miracle that I’m still here
Mind and body riddled with anxiety and fear for years!
Knowing all along there was something not quite right with me
Diagnosed now with cPTSD
Constantly learning how to set myself free!
I said I was not a poet… but all along I was and did not know it!
I said I could not run… now I rise up early… jog in the park… it’s so much fun!
I said I had no time, that it was difficult to write… now I do so with much delight!
I wrote 29 poems in just nine days!
Hold on… let me paraphrase
Book One now completed
Deep-seated memories… revisited… emancipated!
Each day that I rise…
I practice to breathe like a baby who’s just arrived
Coz it makes me feel renewed and revived!
And on the days that I do not run…
I put my body into some yoga moves
As this sets my mind, body and spirit in a positive groove
Sound therapy, aromatherapy, meditation
Mindfulness and creativity too…
I’ll do whatever I have to do!
At any rate, the rewards are immensely great
So even on a challenging day…
there’s no giving up or giving in
Taking one day at a time…
Giving it my best shot
Coz it’s only me that I’ve got!
“This article was previously published on Rebelle Society.”
http://www.rebellesociety.com/2020/05/25/zawadiseasjustice-darkness/
About the Creator
Zawadi SJ
Zawadi Seas Justice is a determined self-taught student of life on an ambitious and bold mission to return home to her ancestral lands to co-create an eco-well-being village to support healing through inner and outer environmental practices
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