Immersion

the heartbeat quickens

all muscles tense

the breath is caught

in the chest and the heart aches

with its captivity

the mind the last hope

of freedom

the mind must make the muscles loosen

the breath flow out

and the heartbeat slow

the mind must speak so that the body

can be still, calm

so the soul may hear

its own yearning...

immersion

into that which it fears

is the soul's last hope of healing

the calm enters

the body floats

on a sea of surrender's potential

a sea of tears the heart pours forth

and the soul must journey

across it

to find a relinquishment sweet

and full

of all those lost things

that fear has stripped

away

the breath flows out

the heartbeat slows

and the soul may hear its yearning

yet

for the hope the heart pours forth

finds the freedom

of the mind

as the body floats in calm

waters cool and refreshing

restoring, resting

on that healing balm of comfort

of all those lost things

returned