I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear of
falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open
me, to make me less afraid,
more accessible, to loosen
my heart until it becomes a
wing, a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my
significance; to live so that
which comes to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which comes to me
as blossom, goes on as fruit.
I am not afraid of my truth,
and I will not omit pieces of
me to make you
comfortable. …read more