Hello friends!
A few years ago when I was in therapy, I found a stack of old journals going back to when I was about nine years old—full of prayers, full of personal thoughts, full of poetry and songs.
I read some of those poems or early songs I’d written, and they were so dark, so moody! My therapist would listen, wide-eyed as I read them, but the funny thing was, as a young child those melancholy, deep feelings were just reality for me.
I was imagining the story of someone else, trying to connect to their pain, their joy, their human experience.
Or, I was sitting with my own emotions, words I couldn’t always say out loud but could express through these written ideas.
Words were a balm, even when they were dark and difficult to express.
I needed poetry, words. It was always my medicine.
Today’s prompt is illumination. And I’m trying out a Haiku today! Feel free to try one, too (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables).
Earth illuminates
I can’t escape the glory
Take me as I am
The tea kettle hums,
stove eyes illume brilliant red,
watch dawn boil over.
As surely as light
Rises and sets, illumines
Earth is born again