Healing in Sedona, AZ
Stress...
Crushing weight on my skull
Present whirlwinds,
Too fast a pace.
I fall behind,
I don’t have the strength,
I can’t endure the race.
Tears fill my eyes
I’ve let them down
The people I can’t face.
Chilling thoughts of my future
Bearing down
And giving chase…
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Red Rocks tower all around me
Marked with bands of time
Intercede divinely
With gods of earth and azure skies
Guardians to the Gateway
Whispering prayers with ancient eyes
Listen from the towers
High above my restless cries
Sweet desert sage burning
A bowl of clear cold water
Flute players dance around the brim
Carved by the ancient potter
Wisps of smoke rise from the sand
I begin to have the vision
An eagle screeches through the sky
Shadows now have risen
Crystals luminous and clear
Underneath the blazing sun
Speak archaic languages
That echo through the canyon
Drumming in the sands of time
The heart beats now in rhythm
Centuries fade into one moment
To an old and simple wisdom
Bleached clouds billow above
Red Rocks towering over me
Each band seems to pulse one by one by one
One hundred, five thousand, one million…
I am inconsequential
A pebble
But a tiny speck of time
In the life of this canyon
My ashes will be dust
in a blink of its life's eye
I breathe deeply.
And I smile…
(That was exactly the healing I needed.)
