This is something that’s
an ongoing lesson for me:
Learning
to embrace the ebb and flow of things; of my emotions, my muse, my energy
levels, my voice.
My
teachers are the seasons, the Moon and her cycles, the waves that break on the
shore, the pull of the tide.
During
the last super moon, I stood on the grass in our back garden, in the
silver-brushed dark, and did some yoga stretching and balancing, up and down
and in and out. The moon was glorious, full and bright and night was holding
sway, but just around the corner, was the promise of a new day.
Sometimes,
I feel a deep, reverberating connection with all of this – with the Ebb and
Flow of all things – and I feel that I’m touching on something bigger, deeper
and more wonderful than the sum of all its parts…
Sometimes,
I don’t feel it at all, but that’s part of what I’m learning: The Ebb, as much
as the Flow, is part of the connection and, even when I don’t feel it, it’s no
less there.
Of the Ebb and Flow
Here
I stand,
Darkness
kissing my skin chilly
-
Me -
balanced
and stretched like a tree,
Me,
beneath the fullness of the Summer’s brightest moon.
Here
I bow and reach and shrink and grow,
embracing
cycles and circles,
the
ebb and flow of
my
soul, woven
in
and through the choreography of seasons,
the
turning of the tides,
the
sleeping of my Muse
and
the returning of my voice
from
spiraling stars,
the
mists of Time,
the
infinite skies
and
dim and distant mountainsides…
Here,
I stand,
Night
like a blanket
-
like a shroud,
like
the tomb,
beating
with the promise
of
the full-term womb -
moon-drenched
silent
in
the pregnant pause
before
Dawn.
Here
I stand,
moon-washed
and waiting
-
once again -
to
be born.
Ruth Calder Murphy is a writer, artist, music teacher, wife and mother living in London, UK. Her life is wonderfully full of creativity and low-level chaos. She is the author of two published novels, “The Scream" and "The Everlasting Monday", several books of poetry and one or two as-yet unpublished novels. She is passionate about celebrating the uniqueness of people, questioning the unquestionable and discovering new perspectives on old wonders. She is learning to ride the waves that come along—peaks and troughs—and is waking up to just how wonderful life really is. You can visit Ruth and view more of her art on her website, or on her writer's page on Facebook. Her books are available on Amazon, here.
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So gorgeous, this embrace of and envelope in the dark, a place that I love and honor so much. You took me in from the beginning and cloaked me in the energy of such depth. Thank you.
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