Blog · Page 225 of 243 · Ashley Barnes

Set Fire to the Night

When the white hot fire rises,
when all the particles of your body
tremble in righteous indignation,
when even your hair feels a’ sizzle,
eyes shooting flames,
tongue with burning words,
reach deep inside
where the cooling waters flow,
quench your thirst
but not your will to be heard,
to speak your truth,
to own that which is rightfully yours:
your Words, your Truth, your Soul
spoken in love and power,
setting fire to the night
extinguishing the heat
with one fiery embrace

©SpiritLed 2014

Unruly Blood

Poetic Healing, Spirit Reveries

Beside the still waters
your voice whispers
releases all my fears
enters me in the places
where I dare not go
spirals through the center
of who I am

My unruly blood
pumps through agitated systems
creates tiny constellations
your voice, it soothes the savage sound
the deeply held beliefs
of unworthy
and unkind

©SpiritLed 2014

Empty Spaces

Poetic Healing, Spirit Reveries

In the deepest, darkest recesses
there resides a space
for only you

a space where you may enter and dwell,
to rest and receive the blessings
that are your gift

where you may receive the guidance
that is our promise to you,
a promise made before time began,

made in holy space
signed in spirit
sealed in angel’s wings

a promise for your everlasting care,
that you may not go this path alone,
that when you seek home

and the company of those whom you left
so many lives ago, you may connect
through the silent space within

that open, lonely space waits to be filled
that love, that place
only found within

if you seek, if you open,
if you allow the light
into the empty spaces

©SpiritLed

You Are Enough

Awakenings, Poetic Healing, Spirit Reveries

You search your whole life
for your purpose, your path
you climb the mountains
ask the questions
get the degrees
cry in the night for the answers
until you feel it’s a lost cause,
the answer isn’t for you

But child, it is
and seeking is not the path,
you must listen
and be still
and open your eyes
to what is right in front of you
and all around you,
your destiny lies in who you are,
what you love,
the passion that gets you
fiery and red-hot inside
the joy that you bring
not just to others
but to yourself

Open up,
take in the spirit that is calling,
the breath of life
moves through you each moment
reveals your passion
brings you joy
gives you purpose
guides your path
whispers that you are enough,
and that is all you ever need to be

©SpiritLed 2014

The Beat

Poetic Healing, Spirit Reveries

The turning and the churning
is in each of us
the desire to make change
if we can persevere
ignore the rain

The slashing and the gnashing
of self-sacrifice and teeth
the pain of labor’s love
if we have patience
release the white dove

The prowling and the growling
rumbles from deep within
the courage to make our demands known
end our children’s suffering
see them grow

The timing and the rhyming
we each find our own beat
make joyful music for the world
wrap each other in our arms
keep our hearts warm

Together
together
together

And the beat goes on

Peace of the Light

Poetic Healing, Spirit Reveries

The peace of the light is upon you
Raise your hands to the earth
To the trees, to the skies
To the people across the lands
Who need your open embrace
Your peaceful mind

The oneness you build
Within your ignited heart
Builds the world in which
Tomorrows never end
And all the people Do-ing
Cease their tirades and their tyranny
Join hearts in peace and light
To become the Be-ing,
The one who connects us all with love

Spread your wings
For each of you possess
The guardians’ grace
The ability to rise up and hear
The voices, heed the call
In the light, all fear dissipates
And in love, the final battle won