HOW CAN OUR SOULS NOT GO by Cricket Baker

HOW CAN OUR SOULS NOT GO

 by Cricket Baker

So woozy with a crush of gravity

is this planet

that it’s not enough

to embark upon a year-long

courtship we call orbit;

Our earth TWIRLS

at drunken speed, too lovelorn

to care about sobriety

in its attraction to a star.

And our sun takes notice,

how can it not?

Earth breathes

sweet leafy breath to

clothe itself in bridal clouds,

Reflects the sun’s shine

with its expanse of ocean to say

You’re beautiful like this,

and, in unfathomable

vulnerability,

Offers up all its stories

with lifetimes of human

beings.

With existential mystery like this

happening—

actually happening—

how can our souls not go

WOOZY

WITH

LOVE?

(First published May 21, 2019 at cricketbaker.com)

Cricket Baker is a novelist and blogger who writes on distinguishing between the Real You and the Pretend You. After decades of love for psychology and what she calls her ‘little awakenings,’ Cricket chooses reality over any belief and easily loses herself in wonder over the existence of anything at all. She’s figured out that fierce honesty can tip a human being into awakening, and that the crucible of Hard Things to Take offers dramatic evolutionary potential. Most days, Cricket sneaks away to Purpleton Village, the setting of her next mystery novel in which she plays with murder, divine madness, and spiritual realization at a secluded literary college in the mountains. Please connect with Cricket via her website here, and subscribe to her blog for inspiration and guidance in discovering the Real You. You may also find her on Facebook. 

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