I’ve been afraid for a long time.
I know things felt scary
to the me that I was.
Back then the protection, the contraction
made sense.
And yet now I’m opening to some other knowing
that seems to be coming from this more alive aliveness – 
this owning of the present moment as true
and truly real. 
All the phantoms of eery, lurking danger
and anger are dissolving into an extraordinary, clear space of
freedom now.  
Of options and wisdom
that I feel flowing softly up from some deep place inside
like a flower, a seed, waiting through winter
for the right moment to grow
to spread into existence
to reveal its’ perfect, reliable springtime of truth.

~~ Love you, Christina