Unclench your heart; a Taoist (inspired) poem

unclench your heart -

let your light shine,

through the cracks of complacency

don’t try and hide the beauty

of imperfection -

this is your perfection:

that you have loved so deeply and completely -

that you have cracked open -

this is how the love flows back in.

unclench your heart -

shake off rigidity:

wave goodbye to grasping, &

let the universe in -

let it lift you up,

with the caress of breath -

let it soften you,

adapting, with flexibility -

there is strength.

unclench your heart -

dive deep into the well:

into to the place where all things grow

to the seed of seeds &

rest -

quench your thirst:

realize your true essence of light

and unclench your heart.

[Hi friends!

I wrote this poem quite a few years ago, while reading the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. At the time, I was inspired by the line ‘unclench your heart’ - and this poem flowed from that meditation.

This poem comes to you from my heart to yours, as an offering. An offering, flying to you on wings of fungi-fed air. An offering, seeding its way into your soul, on its way to growing roots of resilience.

A spoken word rendition of this very poem, can be witnessed here. My latest, a call for individual and collective remembering, can be absorbed here. Another (if you’re feelin’ wacky) on dew drops & napping bees can be found here. Till the next one,

xo -

Dev]

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