Many of us have some issue with our bodies, and many of us have come to no resolution which leaves us in a constant state of frustration or dissatisfaction, at the least. This chronic state then leads down a road of defeated acceptance that this is how it will always be. I'm hoping that today … Continue reading A Necessary Experiment
A Place To Return
I've been stripped downReturned to my natural stateA place I've been striving forFor as long as I've known a sense of anxiety A place without pretenseWitnessing all as it simply isConnecting with smiling eyesAnd friendly phrases Appreciating the smallest of effortsInspired to reconnectTo expand beyond what I've knownPutting together puzzle pieces from my past To … Continue reading A Place To Return
Weaving
Weaving the notesComposing the designLayering the melodyCreating a beautiful tapestry
Shadow Secrets
I stare at the empty pageMy hands resting on the fibersConnecting to what is to becomeBefore conception And the Shadows danceTo the right of my field of visionPlaying without fully materializingTheir haunting shift Is there a discovery just beyondOr is this just a game I keep glancing overHoping to find the sourceOnly to find the … Continue reading Shadow Secrets
An Echo
As lightning strikesAnd the clouds are heavyI stand there awaiting the downpourReady to take the weightAnchoring me to the rumbling earthReady to give birthTo that awful finalityOvertaking all that exists Nothing is settledThe impending rush of simply What Is All that I can do is waitAnd scream the voice welling up inside of meAlone on … Continue reading An Echo
My Element
I never realized how healing the Open Air is for meI spent my life dancing in a boxAnd now I'm reminded of when I was three years old dancing by an outdoor fountain The wind blowing my short hair into my eyesMist finding its way to my skinAs my mom witnessed my FreedomI know that … Continue reading My Element
A Coming of Age
There is an undeniable Shift. Even among my peers, I have always been called out for being differentAnd I've tried to suppress or deny thisTo blend in I'm stepping into the open airReady to begin the journey of discovering who I really amAs I've disguised myself so well I'm beginning to think that I was … Continue reading A Coming of Age
The Dare
Make me FeelMake me ExpandMake me Crave Reaching into the depthsScooping the rich earth into my handsMoist with potentialA life force for what is to come Rooting myself into the darkI grow towards an unknown lightWarm rays absorbed and reflected backBreathing in an unseen love What I could doTo fully realize all that can be … Continue reading The Dare
A Beautiful Dam
I had created such a beautiful damI didn't even notice the tide risingAnd then you cracked me openExposing the floodThat I could no longer withhold Parts that I had buried deepDenied myself years beforeParts that have yearned to be fedStarved for the open airPulling me under the riptide And as I search for a strongholdYou … Continue reading A Beautiful Dam
The Hum of Happiness
Lightness flows in simple existenceWithout reason for censorshipWithout care of motive Grooving to the internal rhythmUnrestrained and infectiousA gravitational pull Loving, because it's the only optionWithout labels or qualifiersWithout fear of too much, or too little The simplicity of a welcoming embraceA warm smileThe Hum of Happiness
by Rine Aylar 