A poem to set the tone for the new year

Yesterday I read this gorgeous poem in my new We Moon calender.  It expresses my hopes for this coming year so beautifully that I had to share.

Be, don’t seek.

Sit warmly open.

lightness in your brow,

not questions.

 

Be ready for the quiet

when it comes,

and the creaking

of the house’s bones

and the wind’s music

playing the notes of the trees.

 

Be, don’t brood.

Don’t wait for life

to announce itself

in capitals

or high garb.

 

Be available to its whispers,

know how to listen

when it tells its true self

and not he lies

you’ve dreamt up.

 

Be able to breath

and let go of your breath,

let go of life as you wish it to be

and take in the simplicity,

the facts—

 

This sky is.

This day is.

This sparrow is.

 

Be, don’t try.

Your weariness must have

shown you something by now.

Stay seated in your soul,

remember the sun is there,

truth and time is there.

 

Be, don’t seek.

You’ve already found.

You already have.

You already know.

You already are.

 

© Elizabeth Page Roberts 2008

From We’Moon 2012: Gaia Rhythms for Women