Journey of the Heart

Whilst soaring high there are moments in life that test us, throwing us back down to earth…
Sometimes we are left feeling shattered and a little lost but within these trails is a world of magic waiting to be uncovered, reclaimed, and embodied. When we fall it is an opportunity to break the walls that keep us from who we are.
This poem is reflective of the painful moments that bring us to our knees, "Why?" we often plea. Our loving creator breaks us down to wash away the falseness and reveal our truly magical selves.  May we all have the strength to fall with grace for God’s blessings await us! Engulfed
Sometimes I fall like a glass held high above my head It drops shattering my falseness pouring out truthfulness In that moment I lay silently on the floor a little lighter a little calmer I marvel at the loss that has engulfed me in magic ~
Shailie Dubois has a degree in Psychology. She is also a graduate of the Advanced Shamanism Program at the Canadian Centre for Shamanic Studies. She pra…

As I work through the memories and truths of my childhood……there was a poignant day in my journey that will forever be in my memory as one of my most significant. Even as the sun rose, I knew its lasting impact, but then there were only 35 words I could write to mark it…

I Greet The Dawn

Today I sit in remembrance. Recounting the innocence. Recalling the sorrow. I give myself up to grief. Letting go of my protective shield. Allowing truth to shine, to burn. I greet the dawn with reverence. ~

Mariann Martlandis discovering a voice in her life through words, poetry, art, inspiration and healing. She is learning the difference between enforced silence in the despair of loneliness and chosen silence in the beauty of solitude; how silence can create both pain and peace. She is beginning to find her voice and share her truth. She would love to connect with you on Twitter, or Facebook and on her blog ‘The Power of Silence’.

Poetry has given me the ability to feel deeply, and to express what so many can’t…
I think we’ve been given voices to share with those around us, and sometimes you just bless someone without even knowing it. When our words bleed on paper, that potential always exists.
Eternally
if I could, somehow, dive into the depths of your soul where solitude seems to live I would calm the storms, my love redirect the winds of despair
 and carry your burden that 
has become too ponderous  to bare
if I could, somehow, light
 up the darkness that engulfs your heart
 I would pluck stars from the heavens and shine the moon in your hours of dark
if I could touch you but once, my dear for you to feel the flames of love I endure
 you would forever bask in my warmth if I could kiss you, paint your lips with mine you would feel our souls intertwine
-and my love- if we were to become one 
the light of my endearment
 -that I have constantly shone-
 will leave us
 eternally as 
one

Alida Marais: I started writing after my Mother passed …

We're all looking for something, but all it really is, is love…
The destination is the same. It all starts from within the heart. Love is where the heart is. It is through this miracle of love that the miracle of life happens. It is a gift in our hands. All beings have love and light within them. 
Fall in Love
Radha looks up to Her Krishna. She seeks no other for He is Her Love. He lives in Her heart, And She is the Love of His heart.
When you fall in love  With Love itself, Then you fall in love  With everything else.
Everywhere you look, You see and seek only Love, Because Love is that one thing That shines more than anything else.
You feel so much love, You can see and feel It In every face and form For every face is a face of Love.
When you feel the very essence, Nothing else matters. Love is all there is And all that ever was. ~


Jasmine Kangis an artist/writer who lives in California. She believes in the Love of Radha and Krishna and follows the path of Bhakti Yoga. While her passion lies in art and…

We are all on a Journey to reach our Highest Self…
This is the Self that knows and sees all things, the Self that is Holy among the Holy, the Self that originates from the Central Sun, the Self that is inside us all.  
This poem is about seeing the journey for what it is, letting go of attachment, and calling out to the others that I see on my path who are speaking from their Souls. We must recognize our joined Spirits striving towards the goal of being truly free. 

Be Coming 
Hold all my aching and growing, make your body a vessel for everything I have to fill you, it may not be much but it might just be everything.
I have heard the soul is shaped like a bowl a reversed dome of the Heavens, we are golden receptors of beauty, magnets that pull stars into our lowest points  until they build towers of light from our sternums.
Rise and fall chest, metronomic movement of body keeping time for the sages, inside me a heart breathing sound of lullabies for sleeping angels, Great Servers

There comes a time in a woman's life when words can no longer speak the truth of who she is…
Essence is a fragrance that transcends ordinary language. It is in this doorway between who we have been and who we are becoming that a great stillness descends. A silence so complete that a new language is born within. As the depth of night gives way to daybreak, the soul begins to speak for us. Daybreak
I used to find words Delicate instruments To dissect and detail
Phrases to cut through Chaos and confusion Releasing the tender center
Searching now for those sounds The ghostly shape of syllables Clinging to my tongue
Patiently waiting for their colors Returned to this landscape The ever-faithful guides
Yet, some things have no name Translations are lost or forgotten And still, here they are all the same.


Salyna Gracie is the director of Red Lotus Dance Company. She performs and teaches Middle Eastern Dance and facilitates the Red Lotus SEEDs program which mentors teen girls through dance at her studio…

The longest day, is a time to celebrate the sun’s warmth and light…
Summer Solstice brings me to the gathering of women, we walk the Labyrinth; we give of our intentions and gather with the beating drums.It is a time of renewing and lifting our heart’s desires into the light. May we always honor this season with laughter and gratitude, for its warmth and summer glowing!


Ascendance of Light
ascendance of light, warms our summer sky- rising with brightness, clothing the day- with delight. opens our sky with illumination- as we gather in celebration, the flowering of the- sun’s full bloom. resting so high, kissing the night with the fragrance, of fire- we gather our desires, as they burst- from our souls, dancing to the rhythm of the drums, they move to the beating- of our hearts, we hold ourselves open- to bring this longest day, our intentions, summer solstice- yes day of all days, as we unite, celebrating the sun’s brilliant light, the chance to take, the pleasures of warmth and laughter- celebrating the summer, with e…

This poem is an exploration of divine creativity…
An exploration of those times when we are connected to something deeper within us. That connection can then guide us through the storms of our life and enrich our connection to the divine feminine, enabling us to find our most authentic, truest expression of who we truly are. This to me is the purpose (and challenge) of our lives!'
Dancing With Words
Oh! To know myself completely... Trusting my own hearts calling! As I stand here Deeply grounded in MY beautiful body This vessel gifted to me in life Through which I express my deepest nature Alive and free flowing Allowing me to dance wildly in beauty Of my own pure radiance Allowing my natural self to always shine through! Through the beat of the drum Alive and pulsating Connected life force energy Creating 'me' through life Nourishing from deeply within I AM Beautiful, Passionate, Creative and Whole Even as my feet dance through the mud in my life Bare naked feet Stamping out a tribal rhyt…