The Vast Reaches of You

 The Vast Reaches of You

Engage in healing.
Lean into the truth
that surrounds,
permeates,
radiates.
Suspend in an expansive,
lively sea of love
as you disengage from the effects
of times and spaces
that were devoid of light.
Disempower them.
Let their tensions
loosen and release.
Rest in quiet currents
that support you gently
as you mend.
Allow your pieces
to rearrange as they will.
Let go the need
to direct.
Feel the fullness of your vigor,
the gleaming nature of you –
no longer dimmed
by impositions
that were not,
are not,
never should have been
yours.
Honor all you have learned
from that which was dark
and the related shades of gray.
Look to the sky as
you feel your Health widen
more and more and more.
Stretch surely and steadily
 into the vast reaches of you.

Sarah Carlson
December 24, 2020

Solstice in the Wings

 Solstice in the Wings

I feel the presence of your love,
though your absence
can be very large still.
Perhaps it’s the many
challenges and changes
I’ve had to process
in the past several months
that has me missing you anew.
I walk to our river,
fill with memories
of the four of us
frolicking there
in every season.
A gentle combination
of sadness and hope
swirls and settles
as I realize
they have been
consistent companions
since your death,
hope usually the stronger
of the two.
As I return home,
I raise my eyes
 to a crescent moon
cradled by branches
of a tree we planted together
when we first moved in.
Waxing and setting in the gloaming
with the Solstice in the wings.
Well, there it is…
Hope, Love,
and the promise of Light
 win the day,
even in the uncertainty and isolation
of a global pandemic.

Sarah Carlson
December 18, 2020

Slow Motion

 Slow Motion

Fissures, formed long ago,
crack more deeply
by forces of nature and
perhaps a
concussive blow.
Jagged pieces break loose,
tumble downward,
drop into streaming waters
that rise and fall
again and again.
The undeniable energy
of whitewater wildness
provides movement
and transformation.
Gentle waters allow for respite
and recovery
with varied escapades
along the way.
This trajectory is both universal
and unique
as wounding, weathering,
wellness flow.
And,
like sand on a sunny beach,
sometimes you just need
to sit for a bit,
allow for light to
             surround,
                        reflect,
                                        emanate.
Feel inherent Divinity
in the stillness,
let motion come
as it may.

Sarah Carlson
December 14, 2020

In the Waning

 In the Waning

I awaken.
A soft blue sky
beckons
and I step out
 into the clear, crisp air.
I breathe,
feel my self realign
and rebalance yet again.
There is an emptiness,
but it’s not fully hollow.
In fact,
there’s promise there.
I gaze to the horizon,
 then higher.
The waning moon,
on its way to set,
is tickled by
bare branches
of sleepy treetops
bathed in the widening
morning light.
Ah, there it is…
in the waning,
there is widening
with plenty of light present
 and in phases to come.
They will be as they are
and I can be
as I am.
Thank you Moon.
Thank you Sun.
I understand.

Sarah Carlson
December 4, 2020

Short Reading from In the Currents of Quiet

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