An Invitation to Join the Chaos – Declined

Despite the invitation
So insistently offered to me
I shall decline in joining
In the Chaos Ball

As others spiral
Spin
And “Freak out”
I watch in utter amazement
Standing on the sidelines
Holding a Sacred Place
Waiting for their return

A mighty palm tree
Swaying in the storm
An evergreen pine
Forever green despite the seasons
Rooted firmly to Our Mother Earth

Even then
Some tears must fall
As I remember
“No storm lasts forever,”
and
“This, too shall pass”
Taking care of me
And doing only what is “mine” to do

Gathering
Seeking
Opening
To the light that shines
Toward Me
In Me
Through Me
From Me

Firmly in My Being
Present to the Pain
Without the constant struggle
Of owning it
It belongs to my Loves
I cry and release it back to them