MEDITATION IV by Ann Metlay

Meditation IV

by Ann Metlay

Breathe in.

passage to my lungs,

forked path

that meanders

toward the depths

of my soul.

Push through 

my arms push 

through 

the narrowness

of fingers 

which grasp

for tools of 

my mundane life.

Overpower 

the blockage

in my feet

which choose

to tread on paths

grooved from

ordinary cares.

Breathe out.

Tunnel through

my bones,

through marrow

and blood

which grant 

me life.

Remove debris

which buries

my soul; take

from me

the bitter taste

of bondage

held in daily drudgery;

lift fatigue from

my every cell.

Breathe in.

Inflate me, 

Spirit, with your

holy vision;

fill me with

your essence.

Come in me,

pass through me,

so that I 

might become

one with your

perfect order.

Breathe out.

Ann Metlay, a lifelong writer, grew up in the 50’s’ in Berkeley. Her family shared a love of folks songs and close experiences and observations of nature.  These opportunities continue to influence her poetry and her visual art today. After participating in the Berkeley scene in the mid-sixties, Ann joined the Peace Corps, and spent two years in Nigeria. Upon returning home, Ann embarked on a career in teaching. She incorporated her language skills into teaching, first children with special needs, then, later, with students struggling to become proficient readers. Ann retired to Arizona. She has linked her observational skills in nature to her deeply spiritual poetry, and art.  She, incorporates her keen sense of rhythm and rhyme within all her art. Ann delights in sharing her creative gifts through readings and art shows. She has published several books of poetry and short stories. A Jew by choice, spiritual poetry flows through her. She shares her poetry regularly at services of Center of Universal Light, a community that “embraces all paths to the Divine Light.” She also shares her writings at the Jewish Community of the Verde Valley.

 

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