John Fulan

Turning Towards Each Other

Breathing in what you breathed out--sadness, joy, excitement, loss

My breath touched your flashes of emotions without you knowing.

You exhaled what you didn’t need, I inhaled what I needed

Feeling nurtured, held, and revered, without you knowing.

Neither of us sensed a deep intimacy within these silent moments of connection 

A giving and receiving.

As we sat on the ground with stars masked by daylight, 

We breathed out, feeling gentle caresses upon our faces

And we knew not.

As you eased your body onto the earth’s lap, your rough edges softened

Into a sweetness, Earth shed her tears.

In our eyes, the beloved calls each of us home 

We share a path hiding our inner glow.

Let’s breathe together 

Remembering what we deeply know.

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Inner and outer

Woven together, depending on each other

Giving birth to our lives.

As bubbles arise and give up their air, bursting with life.

We wander thru our minds 

As if they were solid and firm

Casting our thoughts, as a spider spins its web.

We are tangled up in ideas, coming and going

Losing ourselves around  the spinning of our feelings

As if they were all true.

May we awaken with ourselves, inner and outer parts, 

As strands coursing thru our limbs.

Can we settle into a moment

Where inner and outer meet?

An intimacy filled with piercing aliveness

Full of life 

We cannot contain.

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