This poem was just written today. I am going to start trying to post once a week again. I am also going to be reading them on my instragram – mytruthpems. I hope that you enjoy and that these poems touch some truth in you.
Shifting
Tectonic plates
move
tension builds
released in slow motion
or snapped
and we all feel it
the earth
shifting beneath
our feet
the continents
collide, move, buckle and submerge
on geologic time
but in the shifting
motion
we are all reminded
suddenly
jarring
shifting
our lives
moving
changing
I feel it now
a shifting
in the cosmic energy
the internal essence
the teenager’s mood
children growing older
shifting
their focus
out and
the world
shifts
as they enter
a new place
a new phase
feel it
deep inside
the shifting
place
where
the borders
are porous
moving
where shapes
change
merge
and reform
the earth’s crust
the molten lava
the hard rocks
tracing
the history of their shifts
in the crumbling
stalwart peaks of today
the shifting
is inevitable
the movement forward
time
marching
hearts beating
and deep
inside
shifting
the very core
of who we are
yet volcanoes
earthquakes
movements
large and small
creating the world
we know
mountains, valleys
coastlines
rocks tumbling to the shore
pounded by the waves
picked up by hands
and inside
these shifts
bring our own smooth
pebbles
of sadness at the grieving times
joy at the celebrations
all marking the
shifts
yet these patterns
are repeated
in rocks
in human hearts
and the shifting
of thoughts
emotions
moods
the passing clouds
are all part of the process
so feel the earth move
your heart shudder
in joy
in sorrow
these shifts
are how
our edges
are created
our continents formed
the core
of our own earth
and the moving
land
beneath our feet
reflecting
the shifts
inside
join me in this shifting place
accept
embrace
we are all
one shift away
from there
from here
because everywhere
is shifting.