New Life
In loving memory of Chance
(6/21/2014—12/25/2023)
NEW LIFE
How quietly it creeps in…
New life emerging,
Even in the dark of Winter,
With the leafy blankets of decay
A lady bug crawling here
Out of season on my dining table
A baby orca surfacing with her mama
A miracle birth on Christmas Day
The uprising of ducks from
The mucky reeds through the fog
As the eagles soar silently
Across the looming winter sky
How quietly it creeps in…
My openness to do it all again
Knowing how this would all end
To say yes! to Life while deeply grieving
Knowing the yes! has no command
No shaping of pain, after our holy loss
Of our beloved dog on Christmas Day
To say yes! to Life in the impermanence
As if my heart could possibly bear
More love, more life, more heartbreak
How quietly it creeps in…
New life emerging
While lives are ending
While my family grieves our ending
My openness to do it all again
Not the same Life
Yet to new life emerging
To say Yes! To the uncertainty of it all
To loving in this life of impermanence
How quietly it creeps in…
My grieving heart still tightening,
Quietly unlocks, releases
As if the life force is leaning on my door
Waiting silently for the moment of release
And the hinges swivel to open just enough
To make space for more to slip in
Like the quiet puppy here behind glass
Who I don’t know, yet I already love
Like my deceased beloved dog
Taking in Life, right up until the end
I am loving the next near & dear one
HERE in this moment
Welcome home new life!
How quietly it creeps in…
In loving welcome of Indigo adopted 12/29/2023