9. morphology

feel your feet on unconditional earth
your breath through enduring lungs 
your belly receiving and letting go 

feel circles of holding, small and close, 
and unending

feel nothing for as long as it takes to open
resistance for as long as it takes to soften 
grief for as long as it takes to empty 

wrap up in arms and blankets and sweet sounds,
feel your fear. it is only sensation.

feel voices inside you calling you to truth
feel voices surrounding you, calling you to truth,
listen, listen again 

feel the soft sea of remembering swelling inside,
fashion a vessel of present time to hold onto 

let the excruciating swallow you, both horror and
beauty and every crossroads knitting them together
collect the breathtaking you come from, lay your
haunting to rest, look long at your reflection

trace the shape of your shadows and welcome
them in

feel your feet, feel your breath, feel the clearest
impulse rising inside, lighting the lamps of what
is yours to do 

listen, listen again

listen to your heart
like it’s a song 
that stills the orbit of planets 
with its grace 

 it is