Walking into Truth

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