#qicultivation

[seaofqi]

You are like sitting on a lotus

You are like the first tulips in spring and the last dahlias in fall

You are like glitter shen

You are like the teacher that sought me to paint showing me my hands are the paint brushes and beings are the canvas

You are like mosquitos are teachers too, and like a mutual benefit use them to learn the acupuncture points they brought heat to.

You are like (In Dr. L’s voice) “You HAVE to know that, but don’t worry about that now you WILL be knowing”

You are like a careful cautious horse—absolute love

You are like a seed that had to be crushed—to go underground

You are like a tender, fragrant rising

You are like a death, a breaking, a burial; but, OH what a rising!

You are like ALIVE

You are like letting go of everything I thought was true

You are like an owl’s ear

You are like feeling sweetness

You are like (In MB’s voice) “Nothing about this is arbitrary; You’re all doing great”

You are like—do not grasp it is all coming

You are like bowing down to this precious Earth gift

You are like presence

You are like ease, EASY

Poem by Karen Finlayson

Photo by Stephanie Wirth 2017