an odyssey
following a narrow stream
travelling on tendrils
wafted by weeds
at one with the flow,
I have come into being.
tumbling out
into huge spaciousness,
a vast soft cavern,
I find a place to burrow in.
to take root and grow
a seed in the earth.
In a bubble of fluid
I am floating,
finding form,
curling, stretching, spiralling,
a waterborne astronaut,
my cord, a lifeline.
like a sensitive receiver
my cells pick up messages
transmitted from the outer world.
do I open to life or defend myself
am I welcome nourished, carried with love
or in a toxic place, starved and rejected.
I twist, turn, smile, frown, kick, rest and play,
a dance of movement and growth.
slowly life changes
where there was space, now confines.
the place of floating freedom
becomes a tight caress.
enclosed and trapped
I push and feel resistance
toning my muscles,
building my power.
these prison walls are crushing me.
I cant survive in here.
I must escape.
I am
preparing
for a new journey.