With Each Stroke

Swimming In the Ocean

Goosebumps on my skin

I stared at the mountain

King Kong

I compared shades of Grey between Sea and Sky

                                                                   With each Stroke

I Affirm

With Each Exhale

I Affirm

My movement forward

Air passing out of my lips

They Say

I am Effervescent

I am Intuitive

I am Strong

I am Sensual

I am Creative

I am Magnanimous

I am Independent

I am Successful

I am Beautiful

I am Smart

I am Divine

I am Goddess

I am Sacred

I am Love

I am Healing

I am Powerful

I am Boundless

I am Water

I am Earth

I am Fire

I am Air

I am Space

I am Ocean

I am Stars

I am Sun

I am Magical

I am Playful

I am Fun

I am Inspiration

I am Infinite

She sat on the beach

She told me

When She hikes

With each step she takes

She does the same

Please do the Same

My Body is A Garden: Reflections on Working with the Shadow Self

Tonight

I dig.

Dig deep

within

my soul.

I am  digging

into

my body

shoveling out

piles of dirt.

Dig more

dig more

dig more.

I cry

I sweat

I am dripping in the sun

I lean on my shovel

tired

worn.

Inside the garden of my soul

There

I find gold.

Out of the gold,

blooms

a red rose.

Love

They tell me

Now

You don't have to dig

Any more.

Now

it is

just time

to water

the rose.