This poem was inspired by a feeling of "in between-ness"... It is one that I have tended to experience in many different guises, and have grappled with for much of my life. Being between: vocations, life stages, physical geographies and senses of "home ...". Dwelling within transitional realms can be disorienting, but also exciting and liberating, especially as it teaches is the joys of finding our way to the present moment. I think this is why the image of the cloud came to me - it might not be a place we want to inhabit forever, but it's certainly a perspective that has its enticing qualities! Photograph by Catherine L. Schweig Drifting on A Cloud by Tammy T. Stone Drifting on a cloud, The ground a distant sea We find in our bottomless Visions, Buried wisdoms deep and long Always waiting to rise We can’t dive in, Being as we are, Drifting on a cloud – What else to do, then, But turn our hearts Away from sandy shores...
Women's Spiritual Poetry