mermaidcamp
Keeping current in wellness, in and out of the water
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Surface ripples in slight breezes
Do not tell the story of the river’s life
Strong deepening currents flow faster
Carving out channels on the way to the ocean


An essential change in style and direction
Is sailing on the horizon towards the shore
Fair or foul weather, it will arrive in time
Altering existing systems, beliefs, and practices
We remain without the education we need
To deal with this profound mysterious moment


The indelible beauty that dazzles daily
Leaves a permanently altered outlook
In equal measure the knowledge of cruelty
Distorts all ideas about future possibilities


Find the root of transformation
It’s beneath your feet as well as above your head
Attaching you to sustenance and resilience
Your responsibility is to protect the connection


How many ways can we squirm in revulsion
With limited access to factual data?
Which belief system has shown resilience
As mendacious talk leads to insults?
Hard to discern what this harvest will bring


The boat is adrift on a current of popularity
Collective unconscious choices
Drive connections into shallow territory
Corrupt motives go unnoticed
In a sea of mediocre aspirations
Hitting bottom is inevitable

If waves disrupt your peaceful rest
Remember that transformation requires
Destruction and abandonment
Of all your outmoded styles of perception


No certain amount of praise or honor
Can quench the never ending uncertainty
Brought by the desire to be admired.
It’s entirely enough to be present in full
No need to vex oneself chasing approval


Darkness takes the lead in this race
To the coldest place in the imagination
Stretch your thinking to catch a glimpse
Of all the overlooked aspects of shadow
Cast your gaze on the dark spaces
That reside behind the projections


Some teach you that you have enemies
That people who don’t know you
Are working to sabotage all your dreams.
Isn’t it much more likely that
You are the source of all your conflicts?
