Love Letter #16 Melting down...

Last weeks poem "Cracked Up...signified the beauty of imperfection which inspired me to explore the emotions of sadness and joy as a path to deeper love with oneself and others.  

We tend to avoid sadness, or even deep joy. Tears of sadness or joy are profound, cleansing and restorative when we allow them to flow in our body and not get captivated by the drama of the story.

Of course we all want to seem "put together" look good, solid (ice) - heaven forbid anyone see us melt down, BUT what if we honored ourselves and others during meltdowns? How much deeper could we love those in our lives we see suffering or joyful without judging or being envious of their joy?

I remember there have been times where I've seen someone going through a hard time (thinking they "should know better")and I thought to myself - I'm so glad I'm not them.

I've gone through hell myself and I'm sure have elicited the same reaction from others. Wow -  I'm really glad I don't have Rebecca's problems! It's taken some melting away of pride and shame to recover my ability to flow and trust and it's a process that is expansive.

Take a look at most kiddos. They melt down and move on. Ducks too, they have an issue with another duck and shake their feather, and then glide away with ease.
I want to honor this week with the idea of melting down and moving on.

My original poem of the week:

"Melt me"

Throw the ice

Judge me

Hate me

Make me bleed

break my heart

Break the ice

love me

see me

melt away

my pride

my shame

i am the fire

of loves desire

the ice can't stand

my golden glow

hold my hand

so we can flow

xoxoxo - keep flowing on my raging rivers of love. Please take a moment to comment here: It means the world to me to know who is reading this and knowing my words are welcomed into your hearts.