Littered Bones Along the Way

I’ve written poetry since I was a child, and it literally has helped to save my life, by giving me a place that I could speak intuitive truth with myself.

Over the years, I've shared some of these poems with other people, every once in a while, when it felt safe. A few have been published. But mostly they've been something private for me, written first to support my journey. 

However, I’ve been thinking that perhaps some pieces might be of interest to others. So I’ll start with this one. Please let me know if you like it!

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Littered bones

            along the way

Things gone wrong

Errors,  embarrassments, confusion,

pain

Become so heavy

Block my self-light

            and I don’t even see.

I hear a sweet voice speak

            soothingly to me

“We all make mistakes,”

            she says,

“But you are still 100% beautiful,

            100% Spirit.

Yes, feel the loss,

Learn from your past.

"But when you tell your story

            to yourself

Tell the whole story —

Your patient compassion,

Your ever-learning towards competence,

The heroic journeys taken,

Dragons faced,

Spirit deeply served,

Rainbows delighted in.

That is all you too.

Some people will fail

            to see that in you

But that is their loss

            don’t let it be yours’.

"Put down the load,

            my love,

Unhook the burden

            of your unworthiness

Know your child’s

            wholeness and delight

It always was your

            birthright

Live the clarity

            of your heart

Dance free

And feel your beauty

            shine.”

The voice goes quiet

I slowly look down

And see my hands

Pressed together in prayer.

Patricia Dines

© Copyright Patricia Dines, 1995, 2014.

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