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.
