heart friend, nature

i grew up in the Seattle area where

everywhere 

you looked was beautiful nature 

lush and glorious

the blooming of each season was like a bright 

beginning 

i spent so much time outside amongst nature 

with kundalini rising and all that came with that 

this was very much part of the path for me 

it offered a reprieve from the worldly way 

and drama 

it offered a reprieve from the difficulties of the 

journey 

it offered a reprieve from the responsibilities 

it offered a reprieve from the confines of 

being indoors 

it offered a reprieve from being social

it offered silence, aloneness and contemplation

it offered everything in the way of beauty 

and asked for nothing 

it is like this, nature 

healing, beautiful, vibrant, mysterious

nature

without this time, i cannot say this journey 

would have been at all the same for me

though the path certainly is an essential 

but the long, long hours in nature 

was like a heart friend for me 

and still is