By Michelle (from April 2024, nature as a tool for healing class with Path with Art):

I am…

The song that whispers among the trees.

Stillness of falling snow in the hush of night.

Hidden jaguar relaxing in jungle tree.

Raging river shaping the land.

Child of mother nature.

Clouds moving into shapes of dreams.

Wing of Hawk soaring above.

The red flash of salmon swimming upstream.

A mountain rising above adversity.

Sometimes an Island in the sea.

The descendant of the first woman and man.

Sister to moon, sun, and stars.

Cousin of winged, finned, four and six legged creatures.

Freedom of birdsong.

A seed drifting, seeking home.

I am…

I am everything.

and nothing.

And everything in between.

I am life.

And death.

Finite and infinite.

Forever singing my song in a whisper among trees.

poem related to a prompt about breath:

my breath holds me steady

as my head spins round

she centers me now yet

I still feel prickling in

my chest; I breathe again.

haiku:

witnessing beauty

hearts receiving gentleness

freedom within me

These are both written by Okunyi who participated in my embodied love writing workshop for Black folks in February 2024. follow Okunyi on Instagram here: @janeite94