Day 11 - Soul Card Journey with Elizabeth Crawford at Soul's Music
Soul Cards created by Deborah Koff-Chapin at http://www.touchdrawing.com/
"Women hold up half the sky." Chinese proverb
Our traveler
is tired,
from holding up
the sky,
keeping it
from toppling
on her head..
It has taken
much effort
to claim
her right
to stand
on her
small portion
of the earth.
She is
tired from
carrying
her load
for such
a long time.
But she
remembers
when once
she was strong
and brave
and joyous,
when she stood
holding a tall staff
on a cliff
at the edge
of the sea,
wind and rain
swirling
her cloak
and her
long, wild hair
around her -
a time
when the horizon
was so far,
so open
so spacious,
her life had
no limits.
Now
our traveler
carries
a walking stick
and,
sometimes,
she hobbles
on legs
that no longer
always work.
Still, each day,
she never fails
to lift her eyes
to the horizon,
for she knows
the journey
is not yet over.
There are
many miles
yet to go,
still learning
and teaching
to be done.
And always,
always,
there is
the call of the sea
on that wild shore
of her heart's home,
living within her
like a
promised land.
