Flying
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
I let go
of the top branch
and step into nothing.
Into everything.
Wispy clouds
wrap round me
slip through my fingers
like silk,
like water,
like tears.
The color blue
is endless,
floating on the wind
like a bird
or the leaves,
once vital and green,
now brittle and brown
promises that also falter
and fall,
spinning out of time,
shattering
like stardust
on the earth
so far below me.
I let the rays
of sunlight bring me back
to this expanse
of unknown.
Where thunder rumbles
through the heavens
and innocence returns
to the reservoir
of my heart.
I step out
into nothing
and into everything
and open my wings
to fly.
of the top branch
and step into nothing.
Into everything.
Wispy clouds
wrap round me
slip through my fingers
like silk,
like water,
like tears.
The color blue
is endless,
floating on the wind
like a bird
or the leaves,
once vital and green,
now brittle and brown
promises that also falter
and fall,
spinning out of time,
shattering
like stardust
on the earth
so far below me.
I let the rays
of sunlight bring me back
to this expanse
of unknown.
Where thunder rumbles
through the heavens
and innocence returns
to the reservoir
of my heart.
I step out
into nothing
and into everything
and open my wings
to fly.
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Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!