Senses muted
head down
let these lessons your fears drown.
eyes forward
deep breaths now
once again you’re safe and sound.
for now you chase nothing but hopes and dreams
and you’re heart’s no longer ripping its seams
for once and finally- you are free
hearing nothing but pounding feet
and with each step–your soul redeem.
You are either seizing up in fear-binding yourself to what appears, friends, lovers, children, homes, work, your body, your thoughts, building up a sense of self, a whole inner world of comfort and ideas and hopes for the future and so forth—or you are surrendering it all, loving completely and letting go completely.
As much as it hurts your heart to feel everything and everyone, as terrifying as it is to surrender absolutely, your only real option is to love without boundaries, wide open. “
-David Deiga.
Question answered. Maybe. At least, for the moment.
We tie our heartstrings to ambition and dreams
because they’re the only things in this entire world that we can trust to be there for as long as we want.
because they’re the only things that won’t slip away from being held too tight.
Howling ghosts they reappear
In mountains that are stacked with fear
But you’re a king and I’m a lionheart.
And in the sea that’s painted black,
Creatures lurk below the deck
But you’re a king and I’m a lionheart.
A lionheart.
-of monsters and men
He doesn’t tell me what I want to hear for the sake of comforting or reassuring me.
And yet, the lack of BS and respect for truth has somehow done a better job at making me feel safe than any babytalk ever will. Maybe its something to do with giving me the courage to return the gaze of life’s uncertainties in the eye, and to give that powerful shadowy figure a slight nod of respectful acknowledgement–
instead of always turning to run away on man-paved paths.
p.s. This is the coolest thing ever.
jenny-tangled 