I've returned for the second blog of the day simply to say what a relief it is to begin the process of celebrating the darker side of the uniqueness of being human. It is playful, delightful and joyous to journey into the light and the consolation of owning our giftedness and uniqueness is - well - there's no greater sense of consolation and happiness. Much harder, but no less rewarding to fumble around in the dark and risk going deeper into the desolation. It is uncomfortable and painful - but some small part of me still hopes it will have depth and meaning and I know it will. And when I don't I know I must trust it will.
Taking A Tumble
Falling into the darkness
demands I do not control the jump or the destination
The unbalancing has captured my fear and bruised
my self-expectation.
This is a comfortless plunge
into a tunnel which only I can negotiate.
The more I struggle
the more anguished the descent becomes.
Acutely raw and shedding skins rapidly
I can barely catch my breath.
The masks of presumption
that imply the physician can
heal herself
fly
away
and I free fall
to discover
my new reality.
God
be my guide and my salvation.
JEWG
Comments