Preparing for Flight

She Will Not Be Quiet: A (mostly unedited) daily writing practice

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Jotting from my journal…. Day #51 of daily writing/sharing

Preparing for Flight

Each day I am emptied, opened, 
shown a little bit more. Shown, not small facts
and certainties but
     knowing—

deep, transcendent, wild, 
burning-in-the-belly 
     kind of knowing. 

And what do I know? 

I know that I will no longer leave 
myself to chase your dreams. I get
to do what I want, imagine
such freedom.

I will stay open and more open 
to real, constantly-changing knowing. In 
order to be open to real
knowing, I must not decide. 

No wonder I've had such a hard time 
making decisions. Perhaps
this was my soul, the knowing in me, 
trying to help me see, trying to wake me
to deeper listening, deeper knowing. 

The knowing that was buried under lifetimes 
of—so much. The knowing that was here 
waiting to be unearthed. 

So, here I am, dirt 
beneath fingernails, wings
preparing for flight—

smile smudged with earth 
     and knowing.

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