[Day 18 of the Soul Card Journey
with Elizabeth Crawford of Soul's Music
Soul Cards by Deborah Koff-Chapin
at http://www.touchdrawing.com/]
For so long,
she had
only half
a heart,
her life,
her self,
undefined,
amorphous,
seeking like
a blind thing
to gain
some purchase
on firm ground.
It is such
a long journey
for an inch-long
baby kangaroo
to make it
all the way up
into its mother's
pouch,
pouch,
then back out again
and off,
leaping about
on its
directionless legs.
Traveler
finally found
a place to
plant
her feet.
They have
carried her
a long way,
now,
now,
so long,
her knees
are buckling.
She leans
more heavily
on her staff.
But that sky,
the beauty of it,
keeps drawing her
forward.
Today
she saw
the most
perfect cloud
of her 64 years.
Remarkable!
that wonder
increases
with age,
nothing ever
gets old.
