By Kim Nelson, on August 30th, 2008%
It sits in my belly, just below my ribs
nestled snugly against my spine
pushing in every direction
sending tendrils of tension up into my shoulders
wrapping around my throat.
It warns, but of what?
***
It’s come before.
Never warmly or with welcome,
But foreboding,
Ominous.
Dark.
I’m tempted to cry or cry out;
but I will not give in.
As it threatens to burst through my head, my heart, my life
I will breathe.
Breathe in goodness and balance
flexibility and strength.
Breathe in my own
comfort
and warmth
and welcome
and light.
And it will leave.
I am light.
I destroy darkness.
I win.
By Kim Nelson, on August 27th, 2008%
Marya and MJ and others like you…
thank you and blessings and love.
You struggle, survive, share, stay alive.
Valiant. Brave.
…
Lucky world.
…
Consider the magnificence
masquerading among us.
Like you.
…
Lucky us.
…
Eagerly, I await the next encounter.
…
Lucky me.
…
Luck.
Funny thing, that.
By Kim Nelson, on August 26th, 2008%
Simplify.
To make simple.
It’s that easy.
It’s that hard.
Release the superfluous.
Embrace the essential.
Lose pretense.
Uncomplicate.
Ease.
Clear, pure, open.
Honest, natural, unfeigned.
Intelligent.
Ingenious.
Authentic & engaged.
Illuminated. Passionate. Serene.
Simple.
?
Ha!
By Kim Nelson, on August 21st, 2008%
Driving.
Cannot wait to be home.
The day was perfect, but I’m tired.
It feels long and over
Though you’ve just begun.
Will you one day be this weary?
By Kim Nelson, on August 20th, 2008%
Passion & Serenity.
How do they relate?
How are they manifest in my life?
In me?
Many doubt the two can co-exist. Some value one over the other.
Here’s my take:
I AM a passionate woman. Always have been. I feel in a big way and get big ideas. And I AM compelled to act.
For me, passion without action is just so much hot air.
I do not choose to tell you ‘why’.
I choose to show you ‘why’,
Create ‘why’,
Be ‘why’.
It is through action that passion achieves it’s acme.
Without passion and the ensuing action, I could never find serenity. I would be restless and searching and unfulfilled.
Calmness of mind…evenness of temper…cool, clear composure…and yes, inner quiet and stillness and peace are only possible when I know I have acted, rightly, on my passion.
Serenity is mine when I know I have done what is required.
So, yes…
I AM passionate.
I AM a woman of action.
I AM serene.
I AM!
*Passion — feeling very strongly about a subject or person.
