In the lead up to my next big storywalk I wrote a poem to capture the essence of the last time…
Find your feet
First
Find your feet
It all starts here
In your roots
Connected to the earth
To all that is
And ever was
All that will be
Depends on your footfall
Walk lightly
But walk with intention
Walk with feeling
Walk with sensation
Walk with passion
And exquisite delight
For the breeze
In your hair
The sun on your face
And the smell of nature
Let your nostrils
Accept the truth
Of what you experience
Early morning damp earth
Fresh dew cooled air
Lush green grass
Hundred years old
Oak
Way marker
Of the past
Blossom scented
May
Hedgerows alive
With the jewels of early summer
Let your eyes feast
Upon this treasure
Let sun warmed skin
Teach you of bliss
This is where your god lives
In the very moment
Of existence
Let your ears
Teach you
Of divine order
On the strains
Of a tune
Learnt from bird song
And the humming of bees
The chirping of crickets
And the chiming of bells
In a distant place of worship
This land
The land of your forbearers
This land
The land of your roots
This land your truth
Hear it on the breeze
Carried along river’s edge
Hear it in the burbling
Of brown trout beck
Carry it in your heart
Taste its nectar
In sweet primrose petal
And cherries picked
Strewn
Along your path
As you wend your way
To your truth
Remember these moments
The feel of the aliveness
As you step by step
Pass woolly backed ruminants
The joy infused breaths
As the beauty becomes painful
In its intensity
The ecstasy of life itself
Showing itself
In full splendour
In your temple
Your body
Remember these moments
As your nostrils inhale
Smoke filled particles
Of a polluted day
In the city of caves
As your heart hangs heavy
At the concrete paved land
Coated in rusted up
Carcasses of unwanted
Cars
In a city
Where escape seems to elude
Remember these moments
As the people filled
Capital
Threatens to overwhelm
With dust
Roaring engines
Heart thudding roads
And an edge of fear
Remember these moments
When despair threatens
To leave you bereft of self
Carried in the eyes
Of those deadened by
Existence
Not life
Not existence but Life
Carry these moments
Ever with you
They will sustain you
They will be your message
To carry back
To the others
That did not walk
With you
Share of your bliss
Share your passion
Inspire with
Your experience
Of the aliveness
Out there
Waiting
To be re encountered
Paradise never left us
We left it
Paradise never left
We shut it out
Walk with intention
Walk for truth
Walk for your sanity
Find yourself
It’s all there
On the inside
Waiting to be awoken
Warrior of compassion
It’s all there
On the inside
Walk for truth
Claim it for you
You are unique
You are part of the answer
The future
Awaits your story
Let it be one of life
Of passion
Of joy
Of remembered connection
Walk into truth
Let it fill you
Let it delight you
Walk back to you
Walk into truth
Start today
Start now
Walking into truth