Glacial Lake

A poem about dipping my naked body into a glacial lake

Photo by Jake Hills on Unsplash

Stripped of my clothes
Naked and slippery
Over the rocks
Feet first, then whole body

Immersed fully —
Deep breaths and breathing
Until my heart feels at peace
Slowly the stillness overpowers me
And I breathe, again, gently
Feeling into the rhythms

The slow
Beat of my heart
The gentle glimmering
Whispers of my soul
As she tells me

“It’s okay —
It’s just the cold
There’s nothing to fear here
Only the moment of stillness
Of tasting once again
That the divine will pass

So be still my child
And take it all in
All your being deserves
To inhale
This glorious angelic moment
Of one
With you
The water
And the mountain.”