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Fertility

5/3/2018

 
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The heart is not a fragile thing
to hide away from this world.

Such a cost in bracing ourselves
against our experience,
keeping our heads
above the surface,
wondering why the desert
comes closer.

Much safer to strip naked,
break into a thousand pieces,
and discover what it is that
we are truly held by.

Grieve well to end the drought.

Water the fields
of all our relations
with these tears,
soften the hardened arteries
of empathic intelligence,
and here
where our rivers converge,
remember our pain is shared.

If you find yourself
in grief’s grey wasteland,
ignore the call to set up home
amidst the bitterness
and half measures,
keep on moving
toward the sword
that would pierce
your whole heart.

Grief unresisted
opens the chest,
til there’s no holding back
the treasure,
the clarity born
of what it is
that truly matters.

All the love we ever knew,
shared,
or even dreamed of,
was never lost.

It is right here now,
overflowing,
seeds to be planted
in the dark soil
at the center of our lives,
made fertile
by our willingness
to honor all that we grieve,
by never taking
this moment for granted.




~~Luke Anderson

    Contents

    All
    Allowing
    Belonging
    Confidence In No Control
    Die Before You Die
    Doubt Your Doubt
    Earth Day
    Faith
    Fertility
    Forgiveness
    Gratitude
    Healing The Love Reflection
    Home
    In Praise Of The Dark
    Joy
    Liberation
    Mother Of Us All
    Passion
    Possibility
    Power
    Resolve
    Sovereignty
    Strength
    The Great Choice
    Trust The Passage
    Union
    Victory
    Vision

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