Whispers of the Forest
Listening deeply
We feel into the messages of the forest
We feel both her grief and resilience
Her power and vulnerability
Her voice is strong
She has been ignored
She speaks through me and through others who hear
We can all listen to her call.
What does she say?
Slow down
See the flowers
Place your hands and feet on the Earth
Come to me for a loving embrace
Share love
Share gratitude with me, with the more than human world
Be still.
Be silent.
Allow nature’s wisdoms to come to you.
Listen to the bird calls
Listen to the breeze
Know the fluttering of a bird’s wings and sense his size
Listen to the pitter patter of cracked seed hulls falling to the earth
Look up to see rosellas grasping pine cones in their beaks
Watching leaves fall to the Earth so gracefully and gently, a reminder that letting go doesn’t have to be hard
It can be done with ease
The ease of surrender
Flow into the new as water rushing down a stream
Renewed, flowing sinuously, sensually in a flow converged within a greater flow of life
A drop of water in the universe
The universe in one drop
Such is our presence on this earth.
© Rachel DeSumma
