The Dawning

First and foremost, Happy World Poetry Day 2020!

One thing I have always loved about singer-songwriters is that, in concert, they often tell the story of the song or the inspiration before or after singing it. An invitation into their process and their secret lives.

Here’s a bit of mine for this poem: I can’t help but think having grown up in ‘The Dawn of the Age of Aquarius’ (70’s-90’s) the actual AGE of Aquarius is now happening and we all just have to learn to swim.

A few weeks ago I had the great privilege of visiting the islands of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin & Anguilla. This is a part of that experience. I regret not getting a photo of inspiration there: a large section of street art that said, “Life is an aquarium and we all need to swim in it.” That influenced this work too.

I just read it out loud to my husband and then pondered–should I swim to the reef rather than the shore? What happens if I go farther into the water, (say, to the reef) rather than out of it, onto the shore? The thing is I now have time to give this a think. And I am really grateful for that.

The Dawning

Held aloft in the

warm saltwater

of Mother Nature’s womb

I hear the pulse of the earth

and tides combined

the whoosh and whirl of the waves

I have no fear of

being drown

or dashed upon the rocks

Instead

I let go even further

into the great

Aquarium of Life

Then swim safely to shore

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