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some days we are the same.
other days i cannot shed enough of me
to become you.
yet
you are me
and i am you.
yet
i forget
again and again.
i worry.
again and again.
earth layers me
changes me
holds me back.
you smile
and
w
a
i
t
your hand
extended
you know i will come
that i will become.
you wait
for me to
remember,
release,
and move forward.
chains, made of my own skin, hold me back.
i shake and shake.
today those chains of earth
do not fall off.
anger
despair
and pettiness
weigh me
d
o
w
n.
i am sorry
i cannot meet you today
i say.
i stop trying to reach you.
tomorrow
i will come again
to meet you
i leave,
my head hung,
turning around.
tomorrow i come
lighter
unbound
when i see you
i breathe the greeting
namaste
the divinity in me
bows
to the divinity in you.
but you and i
being one
in step
and mind
and spirit
bow to each other
as the same
before we walk together
stepping forward
until my steps become yours.
and those steps lead me
home
to
myself
once more.
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