Water - Winter


Another winter, another poem :). This one arose after a friend helped me gain a new perspective on the freedom we can attain from embracing our Water element in the winter. Winter is a time when, like the other mammals in our environment, we should naturally be resting more, and reflecting. This poem gives me the feeling that I could just play at drawing and making things for a while, without it having to be too serious or purposeful. It feels wonderful! The 'still, deep pool' is somewhere that I go when I relax really deeply.

Imagine

 

Imagine, that you are water.

On a calm day, you are a still, deep pool

Cradled by earth, sheltered by wood,

Reflecting nature’s beauty

And the light of the heavens.

 

When young, you rush babbling, over the rocks

As you grow, you get wider, stronger, louder,

Not so easy to divert.

 

Your time is winter, a time to turn inwards,

And ponder, your expression of the light

That you dance with, every day.

 

Imagine, that you are water

Free to be everything: deep and strong

Fast and slow, still and merry.

Imagine, that you are water.


December 5th 2024