Traveler Sits By the Well

Day19 of the Soul Card journey
with Elizabeth Crawford at Soul's Music
Soul Cards by Deborah Koff-Chapin at http://www.touchdrawing.com/

Traveler's arms

have tenderly

cradled

babies

and lovers,

have nurtured life,

have comforted

and have set free,

holding close

then letting go.

Life is

a long series

of releasing:

those one loves,

those one

cannot keep.

Hopes and dreams

slowly

fall away,

transmute into

something else:

this life,

the daily

small miracles,

and the

wonder

all around us.

At some point,

Traveler

has learned

to love best

this strange

odd lump

that is

her life,

turning and

turning it,

viewing it from

every outlandish

angle,

checking out

the spots

where it shines,

rubbing others

that still need

some polish.

At the end

of this journey,

she will 

say goodbye

even to this:

all that has been,

for good or ill,

all the heartbreak,

all the cackling laughter,

all the hard and satisfying work,

all the holding on,

the letting go,

the gains and losses,

farewell to

the forests

and the deep blue skies,

to the mountains

and the moon,

to sunrises and sunsets

beautiful enough

to break your heart.

All will be gone.

No, she

will be gone,

incomprehensibly,

no more turning

and turning.

But, till then,

Traveler

sits by the well

and drinks deeply.

She drinks

her fill.