“Sink like a stone, Float like a feather”

When you’re caught in the web

and nothing makes sense

and all your moves to free yourself

just render you more tangled

You can always go within,

sink like a stone

in the gravity

of all you care about —

fall densely and deeply

into the knowing

of your essence,

the rock from whence you were hewn

When the weight of the world

holds you pinned and immobile,

inertia bearing down upon

your every motivation,

You can always reach out

and float like a feather 

in the infinite affection

that holds you so tender,

your every breath

responded to

in the sweet song of being,

crooned now so softly

for you.

©Wendy Mulhern

March 30, 2015