The Scarab and the Hawk

Two talismans

With me for the darkest period of my life–

One high in the sky, watching me

The other,

Burrowing beside me in the earth below.

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Was I the scarab?

Crawling blindly through the dirt, unable to see

While at the same time, watchful eyes held me close?

Or was I the hawk–

Knowing all the time

The detour I was taking

But still pretending to lose my way,

Knowing somehow, someway, out of the dark

I would be

Reborn

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🪲 The Scarab (or the dung beetle) – an ancient Egyptian symbol of survival, rebirth, and transformation

🦅 The Hawk – a totem animal representing freedom, with “clear vision,” “deep understanding” and a “keen sense of where it is going” (mindbodygreen)