Where Fear Arises, from a dancing soul

WHERE FEAR ARISES
This place below the surface
of all presentations of composure
and appearances of self-assurance
down to the gravel bed of existence
Follow the breath
to touch with the tip of the nose
with great open naked vulnerability

the place from which fear arises
In this place where the waters are clear
with closed eyes open hands touch the origin
of all fears
shake and weep
loosened
from all stories of control
illusions of the ability to grasp and hold another or even self
Wait in the place where fear arises
until the opening comes
The passageway to Nox Nox
And when the sliver shows itself
find what courage is left and as at the beginning
in the inner world
swim through
slip through wiggle through
don’t wait

January 2015
© Patricia June Vickers
BEYOND ORDER & CHAOS VII 12"x9" Mixed Media on 98lb paper