Open

Open to what is around you

And within you

Open to what inspires you

concerns you

lifts you

sets you down

Open to the experience

of being alive

of being a life

And once you are open

Notice

Notice what you let in

Notice how it moves you

Notice if it stays

or moves through you

Notice what you keep out

what you filter

what you resist

what never

is given the key to enter

And notice how that feels

and moves within you

even with the door closed

And then

In your way

In your time

Reveal

In the way that feels safe

and comfortable

In the way that feels tender

and vulnerable

In the way that hurts

and feels distressful

In the way that only you

can

Reveal

your experience

So we can see

you

your tender being

your growth

your joy

your triumph

your defeat

your beingness

your journey

So we can see in it

the thread of our connection

the truth of our shared existence