Embracing the Unknown
As you make your way along
the dark hallway
of the unknown
under the twilight sky,
stars above
wind on your cheeks
you take a step back
and sit
in the middle
of the earth.
At a distance,
birds nesting
going around in circles
the earth circling the sun
the moon circling the earth,
you become aware
of the season's cycles
and the cycles of your human life
in the great spin of lifetimes
twirling all around you.
You cannot make it slow down
yet in the centre you find yourself still,
succumbing to the gravitational
pull of the earth
as if supported by plush pillows.
You can relax into them.
Just in this moment
you bring up an intention
and place it on the palm
of your hand.
With all your might, you toss it
into the swirling ring
to the uttermost edge of the wheel
where it is moving the fastest,
into the cycle of life,
letting it mesh with the
ring of the world
as it moves all around you
through infinity
and beyond.
A Johnson
Photo by A Johnson (from airplane)
Embracing the Unknown Poem Inspired by:
Bill Plotikin, PhD, Nature and the Human Soul
John Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks
Julie Simmons
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