“Walking Inside The Storm” A Poem Transforming Loneliness Into Solitude with “Only Love Is Real” by MC Yogi
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL
THE DAWNING LIGHT # 304 Thursday June 29, 2023
JOURNEY OF THE HEART Section # 167
Photo Credit: Pixabay “Life has no meaning apart from Love”
WALKING INSIDE THE STORM I Came To Know That Love And Loving Are Even More Important Than Living —For Joan The paper is damp and I’m damp. It’s been raining, and I’ve been walking in the rain, A long way in the rain up the beach. I met no one and no one met me, Walking those long white miles Beside the crashing sea. I came upon a big blue crab Crouching in the sand, With snapping claws upraised, Expecting an attack. We were both too weary of such things To do anything but look at each other— His bright green eyes Raised high above a whispering mouth On little white stalks And after a long gaze, I silently walked on. It was high tide and I was careful of the scars left By beach buggy tire tracks Making deep wild grooves There, outside the tidal zone. I was careful too, of the ragged wings And bleached and broken bones Of cast up, dead sea things. I remembered other nights— Rain too, and wet hair and Drenched and dripping body, Taking off the old shirt And feeling the rain’s drumbeat on my shoulders, The cracked shells and Burnt out ends of days Being washed up, washed away Above a harbor full of conflicts And wind tossed words, And sea swept thoughts— The storm breaking not only All around this frail body, But also deep within myself Until I felt more pitted, More battered than those white bones Mingling in the sand. Then and now, as I continued Along the beach inside the storm, Carrying the fury and being Carried by it, I came to know That love and loving Are even more important than living. I contemplated laying down on The wet sand and soaking into it And becoming part of the nameless beach, Far from conflicts and pains And struggles, becoming just Another grain of sand Among trillions of grains… But as I walked, Talking thus with the wind And my own heart, I saw Little white flowers Growing bravely along the margin strand, And more crabs crouching in the sand, And gulls flying limply Against the wind, and I was ashamed Not to do as much as they were doing. July 17, 1967 Amelia Island Beach, Florida
Photo Credit: Pixabay “Love is a journey of the heart we are all on…”
A SPECIAL SONG FOR YOU from Chinmayan’s inspirational playlists
“Only Love Is Real” (Reprise) By MC Yogi
I have this song on repeat because it is so heart opening and uplifting! It is just over 1 minute long, but the words lay out the profoundest truth we all need to realize and live by…
“Only Love Is Real…/Everything else is illusion”
With expanded lyrics that is a beautifully written poem to the power of love!
“Only LOVE is real”
Enjoy!
“Only Love Is Real (Reprise)” by MC Yogi
Photo Credit: Pixabay “Let Love Make A Way Between Our Loving Hearts”
Calligraphy by Chinmayan
Photo Credit: Pixabay “All You Need Is Love!”
Image Credit: Still Mountain Meditation Center
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