Reiki

Rudderless

I lay down

The Box inside me

Tightly bound

And the storm came

Brilliant with lightning

Ponderous thunder

Rain so cleansing

In sheets and streams

While I lay unwinding

And the box started moving

Beneath its binding

I have been cold

For so very long

Numb to the touch

Deaf to the song

Yet it is frightening

To open once more

To let my dreams breathe

To see what’s in store

So many spirits

Stand murmuring round

Twinkling light bodies

Their voices round vowelled

Bright came a strike

With a rumbling crack

I stared at the window

Prepared for attack

Nothing came

I was safe for the moment inside

Coddled by warm hands

I lay there and cried

Then the box gave a leap

One strong chain fell away

Promising me

It will open one day

Oh, am I brave enough

Am I to dare

To live and to love

And gods help me, to care?

RCGA, 2010