Right Here

View from the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health

I spent the fourth of July at Kripalu with friends, after which we went to see James Taylor at Tanglewood. It was a truly magical day. While at Kripalu I had a break between activities so I paused and took some breaths. As I gazed out over the lake and mountains I had some wonderful moments of reflection. There I was, 2 years after having attended a writing program with Heather Sellers. Right there in that very same spot where I had set the goal of sorting through my poetry and publishing. But, there was a very big difference. I had my book in my hands. This poem was largely written in those moments.

Right Here

Back again –
in the same place, yet not.
Previous insecurities release,
enabling the dropping in
to widen, become more full.
My tapestry of
images and words,
reflecting the radiance of
so many changes,
continues.
 Hopes,
once felt to be distant,
gently and continually unfold,
reach fruition.
Impediments still occur,
though they are malleable,
less menacing,
easier to transform to truth.
As I sit and settle,
enfold my vitality,
more and more I appreciate
my singular self.
Having felt unheard,
 unseen, unsure
in my past,
I hold tangible evidence
and begin to rest easy.
All which has come
 from going in
is real, valid and right.
I hear, I see,
and I am becoming
more sure.
Those who feel inclined will
listen, notice, acknowledge
and I shall do the same.
I am right here,
gratefully and gracefully
being me.

Sarah Carlson

July 4, 2018