WHO KNOWS?
Who knows from where wellspring comes, imbued with secrets of life and love?
No one knows that, Truly.
Try visiting places where you once saw her, this liquid force full of promise.
Try not to direct wellspring’s currents, for they ebb and flow in each moment;
At times deep, slow, reflecting — unseen vortices of coiling energy…
…at times releasing — fast, gorgeous, turbulent, invigorating.
At times shallow, spreading, ephemeral
Yet bringing life, always…
Always!
For, even as transient vapour, the essence stimulates;
I believe, each day, wellspring gurgles pure,
fresh again, eager to explore.
I know from deep within Earth she rises
Flowing; yes, flowing… and more!
Creating her own path, in the moment, like quicksilver tilted
Beautiful, reflective, opaque, challenging to hold, foretell
Moving fast wellspring can wear down resistance,
Flowing over, breaking through!
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Yet speed and decisiveness at times erode confidence…
Still, you chase along the bank, knowing she will slow and drop her load, somewhere;
And you want to be there, where she cyclically releases;
Replenishing those she chooses to meander with and rejuvenate.
Morning light might reveal rocks tended,
wet,
Polished through the night,
yet,
Wellspring can stop at any time.., tide ebb so completely,
…So completely…
That rocks, pools, riffles, gorge and plain
Are left dry, wondering, by changed direction
Whether, if, and if so when, she might soon flow again…
For they yearn….
Yes… they yearn, deeply
Feel these changes in power… and love… and flow
For THIS is life
Neil Davidson — April 2017
“We have almost forgotten that there is a spiritual dimension to every relationship. And yet we deeply yearn for it — to feel the depth of belonging and being related, to live the sacredness of relationship, to experience how it is permeated by a deeper meaning.
To sense the light that connects everything, that connects myself with creation — with its deeper source as well as with every single creature — and to experience this light in a relationship, with a friend, a partner, a tree, or the earth, this gives meaning to life. It nourishes the soul. It encourages us to tune into the great stream of love that has the potential to recharge the world with meaning and heal it.”
Angela Fischer
“When you love someone, you don’t always love him or her in the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It’s even a lie to pretend. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and tide of life, of love, of relationships. We jump with the flow of the tide and move in fear against its ebb. We are afraid it will never come back. We insist on sustainability, on durability, on continuity; when the only possible continuity, both in life and in love, lies in growth, in fluidity — in freedom, in the sense that the dancers are free, hardly touching each other when they come by, but partners in the same pattern. The only true security is not in having or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, and not even in hoping. Safety in a relationship is not in looking back at what was in nostalgia, nor in looking forward to what might be in fear or anticipation, but in living in the present relationship and accepting it as it is. Relationships must be like islands, you must accept them for what they are here and now, within their borders: islands, surrounded and interrupted by the sea, and constantly visited and abandoned by the tides.”
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh, in “Gift From The Sea.”
