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Monday, February 20, 2023

Deep Love


 Deep Love

Childhood Love,
so open and pure,
kept me trying so very hard
to help.
Nanny Love,
has returned to me,
reminds me,
stays with me
just as I need it to be.
Quagmire Love,
reached through the murk,
allowed so much light
in and around and through,
 both sustains me
 and has made healing a challenge.
Mommy and Daddy Love.
In tandem we treasured the
very essence of their beings
as they grew.
How grateful I am to be able
to do so still.
Oma Love.
 the richness of it
brings it all back around
with gentle goodness
as his essence both
 expands and enfolds.
As I stop
to breathe, notice,
bathe in the simple splendor
of an evening cloud
that tickles the treetops,
illuminates the beauty of
both light and dark,
I quietly honor
the presence of
Deep Love
within and without.

Sarah Carlson
February 20, 2023

Friday, February 3, 2023

Quagmire Love

 Quagmire Love

An explorer of the deep,
part of what drew us together
all those years ago.
He was an observer,
a thinker,
a lover of life
and family.
The shock of his death,
for me,
shifted slowly
to an opportunity
to investigate organic
aspects of my roots.
Hard work
without a doubt.
We all have some amount
of murkiness within.
When we choose to explore
we can discover
grace in the gloaming,
space in the stillness,
majesty in the murk.
We can pause along
a winter river,
notice the beauty of
tannins in the water,
patterns in the ice,
freedom of unfrozen falls.
We can choose to relax
into our sweet selves,
honor how we have
made our way,
feel the strength
of our unique flow,
We can rest on our laurels,
feel the Love,
with ease.

Sarah Carlson
February 3, 2023