Letting Go

As I struggle
and fight

eyes shut
tight;
holding on

to what has 
already 
gone..

I let love 
in..

l let love
flow..

I let love 
go.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

The Centre

Remain still
within
the centre

with dignity
and 
courage..
 
let the storm
rage
around
you..

as pages 
of the drama
turn;
and bridges
burn..

and karma 
calls
on all

that must be
done.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Self Prayer

Forgive yourself

for all the times
you messed up 
the beauty
of it all...

for keeping dreams
small...

for not knowing
what you know
now..

on those days

when 
you fall.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Full Volume

It was more
than
the magic
and the turbulence
that tore
through us

at full volume..

it was 
the expansion
of our souls;
the revelation
of our resilience

the return
of our love
and innocence.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Peaceful Sorrow

And so
we survived..

as we walked 
through
the fire of it all;
the charade of it all;

through 
the masquerade ball
to the curtain call..

Oh.. such peaceful
sorrow now;

in the letting go
of it all.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Awaken

Let's change
and rearrange
the view..

raise
the veil;
escape
this prison;
let flow
authentic tears..

erase;
let go

the prism
of fear.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Flowing

In resisting
nothing;
forcing
nothing

I let things come;
I let things go..

flowing
at last..

the past
behind
me.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Expanding

Everyday
I unlearn
I heal
I let go
of more...

the less
I think I know
and
understand

the more
I expand.

Poem and Painting by Mairi

Somehow

I move
in the direction
of peace..

my humbled grief
played out
on the alter
of unfaltering
belief..

the broken pieces
laid out now;
revealed
and healed

somehow.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Messages

Restless clouds
with destinations..

thunderous
in movement
and transformation..

messengers
with a message..

strangers
yet friends..

light returns
darkness ends.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: Poems from the Universe

Deeper

Deep
within
my being..

deeper
than any sorrow
or blind
non-seeing..

I find..

the resilience
of love..

the innocence
of love.

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: This Beautiful Abyss

Affinity

Like 
breaking waves..

aching
for time's
release..

we reach for
affinity's
shore

restored 

by
peace.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Bird in Flight

Circling
around..

all the beginnings
and endings 
with tattered wings;
feeling lost
yet found..

surviving
and arriving

here
alone..

now a bird 
in flight
again..

going home.

Poem & Painting by Mairi

Moving On

Places
and faces
have gone..

tears shed
have left no trace;

no sign..

time
bled
away..

it led us
onwards

moving on

Poem & Painting by Mairi
Excerpt: This Beautiful Abyss

Life’s Call

I'm done
fighting life

with double-edged
swords
and angry 
words..

resisting;
and persisting
in loops
and circles..

I let go of it all..

I surrender
until

I hear
life's call.

Poem & Painting by Mairi