Author: nanna

respecting everybody’s vulnerability

can sometimes feel

unfeasible

respecting one’s own vulnerability

might be a good place

to begin

while the birds continue

to sing

the shift of moon announcing

shift of gravity

where routines are still precious

for great many reasons

as structure to shape

what can otherwise be

formless

as frames to break

when the needs of life

are to break

without destroying

as something to come back to

and let focus emerge

when the wind of diversity

is getting too strong

as something to rely on

while the mind grows wild

as something to leave

when the minds grow rigid

as something to cherish

when the mind grows lonely

as something to lean into

when the mind grows sad

learning to be vulnerable

without losing integrity

is

like learning a new language

a new alphabet

a different grammar

a complexity of phonetics

yet underneath the whole

love is still running

like a river

and the wind continuing to blow

meeting another person

in their proper needs

not in our own needs

not in our own ideas about

their needs

but in their proper needs

can be a challenge

meeting oneself in ones own proper needs

perhaps even more

while twittering birds announces

a new season

and gales are howling

elsewhere

facing reality is a strange exercise

coming in pieces

to be puzzled together

into a whole

which might not be

reality

either

there is no such thing

as an easy life

there is a way to position oneself

towards the life we are given

when a dark shadow

seems to be overshadowing

the whole room

searching for the monument

throwing the shadow

could be a way

for light to return

at other times

all one can do

is to leave the room

with the consciousness

that any shadow is

in its own way

an expression of the presence

of light

independence can also be

the acknowledgement

of interdependency

when the courage to live

is leaking

life becomes nothing but

survival

and joy a simple idea

with no tangible reality

making friends with the past

is a way for mercy

to settle peace

where shame has ruled

and ruined