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

Still

I'm silent

as I hide
inside 
this silence...

empty
yet full..

flowing
yet still.

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 Image 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

Strength

We have the strength
to hold
our own

within the known
through
the unknown..

as we endure 
and grow
together;
alone..

we have the strength..

divine mystery
our soul's
defence.

Poem & Painting by Mairi