November 17th 2004 -
I CAN FLY
BY RENATE BODDEN
APRIL 4TH 2003
PERCHED ON TIP TOE, WINGS SPREAD WIDE
ON TOP OF THE CLIFF, WATCHING THE TIDE
READY FOR TAKE-OFF TO PARTS UNKNOWN
SULTRY NIGHTS, ADVENTURE, SEEDS TO BE SOWN
WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WIND BEGAN TO GUST
AND WITH FULL FORCE SHE IS THRUST
INTO THE DEPTH OF THE VIOLENT SEA
OH, GOD HELP, THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING TO ME
TREADING WATER, FLAPPING HER WINGS
HER HEAD FULL WITH MILLIONS OF THINGS,
WHEN SHE HEARS A VOICE, “STOP IT IS TIME TO STAY CALM,
OR YOU’LL DO YOURSELF GREAT HARM”
SHE LOOKED AROUND THERE WAS NO-ONE THERE
TEARS FLOWED, THE PAIN WAS HARD TO BEAR
SHE STAYED CALM AND ALLOWED THE WAVES TO WASH HER TO SHORE,
THINKING; I MUST LOOK LIKE A WET MOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR
SHE RESTED IN THE WARMTH OF THE GLOWING SUN,
WINGS SPREAD WIDE AT HER SIDES,
CONTEMPLATING, BY STAYING PEACEFUL, I AM MAKING STRIDES
LATER THAT DAY A SMILE CROSSED HER BEAUTIFUL FACE,
AS SHE LAY DRY AND WARM,
SHE THOUGHT, I FEEL REJUVENATED, LIKE REBORN
I KNOW NOW WHO I AM, I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY,
I DON’T HAVE TO CRY,
IT IS IN MY POWER, I CAN FLY
Renate Bodden, Naturopath, C-IAYT,E-RYT, Certified Tai Chi Master Instructor.
Coachella Valley
La Quinta , CA 92253
United States