den of positivity poems – Page 4

7/26/19: Two Deep Breaths

Two deep breaths - 
in for 6...out for 6 - 
every half hour,
as often as you're able,
could help you
release your shoulders 
from your ears,
unclench your jaw,
remove your tongue
from the roof of your mouth,
add 15 minutes of 
meditation to your day,
and help you remember
who you are.

5/16/19: To Kim

To Kim on our Anniversary
* * * 
Love, I know you exist; 
your Earth surrounds my Soul.

Steady ‘lighting branch,
and daily learning lens -
you show me my truth
til I am undone.

Try not to ache to pull me
from words and thoughts and time -
you saw me shining there and chose;
your love notes sealed the deal.

And I will not continue 
to tie my strings to you, 
no more a constant mooring 
than I, forever free.

Forgive me for forgetting, 
as though I never knew,
you always need a branch like me -
you still need anchoring, too.

2/2/19: The Testing-Tree

In a murderous time
   the heart breaks and breaks
      and lives by breaking.
It is necessary to go
   through dark and deeper dark
      and not to turn.

– Stanley Kunitz, from “The Testing-Tree”