March 21, 2019
Do you hear that crack off in the distance?
The crackle and hum as hot and cold collide.
Do you feel the thundering of a thousand hooves on the horizon?
Feel the electricity course through your veins, prickle your skin, raise your hair toward the sky?
That is the storm coming to you
Do you feel your shoulders rise in anger
Sweep back in joy
Fall in sadness
And crush forward in anxiety
In step with your heart beat
As if you had wings
And in this motion could spread your wings and fly
Above this cavernous pit
Into the sky?
That is the storm calling to you.
Come, sister, ride this storm with me
Wind whipping at our skin, clawing at our hair
Tears and rain streaming down our cheeks
Heart catching in our throats
Excitement and fear churning into ecstasy
Let us dance
Ride this storm together
Dive into the unknown
Explore how vivid this life can be
And in this storm, we pray:
May we experience this life with the presence of a poet,
See with the eyes of a painter,
Hear with the ears of a composer,
Feel with the body of a dancer
May this storm shatter our ego
And free our souls
