A man found
a cocoon for a butterfly…
One day a
small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as
it struggled to force its body through the little hole. Then it seemed to stop
making any progress. It appeared stuck!
The butterfly stayed the same. It was never able to fly.
In his kindness and haste the man did not realize that the butterfly’s struggle
to get through the small opening of the cocoon is nature’s way of forcing fluid
from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for
flight.
I always think of this story when I want to remember how like butterflies need to work hard to emerge fit
from their cocoons, and like the sapling, which grows strong from being
buffeted by the wind, in life we all need to struggle sometimes to make us
strong.
This poem is about our relationships to such struggles
in our lives, and learning to see them as grace.
(To hear Aisha recite her poem scroll down to the video below)
(To hear Aisha recite her poem scroll down to the video below)
Beloved Struggle
You struggle because there is a pay
off.
You struggle with struggle because
when you’re not in struggle, what is
there?
When you don’t know what is there.
Then you don’t know who you are.
When you don’t know who you are.
You won’t know how to live.
There is a way to live in the state of
unknown.
It is to flow.
You don’t need to know.
To flow.
You don’t need to learn to let go.
To flow.
Letting go is a natural happening,
When you stop avoiding,
Whatever it is you fear the most.
What you fear the most is waiting for
you
In the direction you most resist
going.
Down.
If you are miserable,
How miserable can you be?
If you are stuck,
How entangled can you get?
If you are alone,
How far down the secret ladder can you go?
Find out what you are miserable about.
And marry it.
Make love with it.
Day in, day out.
Until you no longer fear its tone.
Until you can no longer look into its face.
And not see Grace.
~
(To hear Aisha recite her poem click play on the video below)
(To hear Aisha recite her poem click play on the video below)
Aisha Wolfe is Scottish, based in Edinburgh and is a catalyst for the phases of spiritual transformation through her session work (in person or online) and via her writing. Aisha joined the The Salisbury Centre holistic community in Edinburgh when she was nineteen, where she studied the healing arts and various forms of meditation eventually training in Zen Shiatsu (MRSS), Reflexology, Massage, becoming self employed full time in 2000. Her art is an evolving manual for the support of embodied feminine soulful and sexual spirituality. She engages eclectic studies into her practice, which include: tantra, taoist arts and wisdom, dreamwork, qi gong, and intuitive feminine healing modalities. Her first poetry collection Yoni Verse Burlesque is available to order here by donation plus p&p (international orders welcome.) You may follow her blog Transformational Bodywork and Soul Tantra here. Aisha is currently creating her second book 'Lilith Unveiled'. Follow her on the Facebook page 'UnveilingLilith' here.
~If you are interested in seeing your poetry appear in this blog, or submitting a poem by a woman that has inspired you, please click here for submission guidelines. I greatly look forward to hearing from you!~
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