you can recover from shock, loss, grief
one frosty breath at a time
by finding the stillness at the frozen center
breathing life force and energy back up and in
even if the water does not penetrate you yet
feel where it is blocked
feel it flow underneath and around – Life
allow the slow thaw of winter to begin
the small loosening of stuck things
the wailing in your ovaries, the grip of your fingers so tight
a clinging to what? you no longer remember
a fear of releasing, letting go, a fear of trusting life
notice, notice, notice
let it be
allow the cinder block in your pelvis
allow barren ovaries
allow the band of tightness around your heart
allow dry tongue, ragged breath
small trickles of water tracing paths around all
and this is how Life begins again
the slow re-mineralization of fluids back into tissues, then bone
this is how, ever so imperceptibly, you heal
-Jessica Shepherd
healer, artist, author of Follow the Moonlit Path