poetry and healing

With That Moon Language

Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, "Love me." Of course you do not do this out loud; otherwise,  someone would call the cops.

    Still, though, think about this, this great pull in us   to connect.

    Why not become the one who lives with a full moon in each eye that is always saying,

      with that sweet moon language, what every other eye in this world is dying to hear?

Hafiz

(translated by Daniel Ladinsky)

 Poetry is forever woven with healing and healing has forever been woven with poems. The heartfelt expression of fear, suffering, beauty, and mystery both connects and releases us. To know these universal experiences, to belong to them with belonging and courage.

Throughout the centuries voice and song, myth and story, ritual, and poetry speak of life.  Our poems echo the present culture and also serve to integrate our humanity- our dreams, imagination, and losses echo the collective voice of humanity.

Slowing down to write, listen, receive, and wonder has potential to deepen our connection to our own interior life. Granted, the experience may reveal both the comforting and the terrifying…. and perhaps, for this honesty we begin to cultivate appreciation.