Strength:
An inner confidence
that is not
about dominance
or for boasting
but focused on
resilience and peace
In the face of
the battlefield of
hostility and trauma.
A certainty that
comes from
the stillness
of body and mind,
as you just be
in the moment,
like an old
gnarled forest tree.
A self knowledge
that arises from a
deep understanding
of the ground that
sits beneath
your body
and your soul.
Strength is
that tree whose
roots are deep
and whose branches
reach out as healing
and creation
to the world,
through all
the floods,
droughts and gales
that this earthly life
may bring.
14/10/2016