Flower Song

I am strong said the flower
though I’m just a little plant.
My roots are wide and deep
sinking into the ground.

I am strong said the flower
and my face shines in the sun.
My stem lifts lightly upwards
as I stretch out of the earth.

I am strong said the flower
as you pluck me from my roots
and place me in the water
in artificial light.

I am strong said the flower
even though my petals wilt
and the earth cannot support me
I let go to what will come.

I am strong said the flower
though my petals have all dropped
I am changing and transforming
I am free, I am free.

This Moment

Here
Now
Breathe
Release
Focus
Here
Now

This body
This time
This space
This breath
Melting
Here
Now

Space
Light
Warmth
Glow
Smile
Here
Now

Be still
Let go
Aware
Of breath
Feeling
Here
Now

Absorb
The moment
Being
Here
Surrender
Breath
To life

Waiting
Patient
Quiet
Still
Breathe in
New life

In wonder

Sitting on the balcony
Admiring cathedral panes
As rays filter through
Wondering

Am I other than you?

Feeling alone
Yet comforted by a
cocoon of strangers
gathering round
their hearts bleating too

Am I other than you?

Like an excitable vine
Reaching out through time
Yearning to entwine
its tendrils around
another limb of life
The pain leaches through

Am I other than you?

Tension building
Crackling, burning
Colours flood through
Yellow red blue
No me
No you
Only radiant hue.

© Narayani L Guibarra 2007