While You Slept

I bowed my head in the sun

so it might warm you in the dark.

I dipped my heart in your wound

so it might soak up your pain.

I plunged my hands in the water

so it might dissolve our confusion.

I inhaled the wisdom of the ages,

so its kiss, through me, might

lighten what you carry.

A Question to Walk With: Describe your experience of feeling another’s pain and how you tried to lighten their burden.

This is from my book of poems, Elsewhere.

FEB 20-24: Mastery Week: The Call of Your Soul, Weeklong Retreat, The Modern Elder Academy, Mexico, (web link) — IN PERSON https://www.modernelderacademy.com/baja-workshop/mastery-week-the-call-of-your-soul

MAY 19-26: Drinking From the River of Light: The Life of Expression, Weeklong Retreat, Global Journeys, Florence Italy, (web link) — IN PERSON https://globalj.org/mark-nepo-overview/

For info on Mark’s upcoming events, visit: https://marknepo.com/teaching_schedule.php