Tag: Health

Before you sleep tonight

The Cosmic Dancer

Before you sleep tonight,

Consider all

the night-blooming flowers

opening this moment

before the moon.

Consider all the owls

leaping off their branches

to fly on silent wings

into the night.

Consider the earthen majesty

of the combined dreams

of the forest.

Consider the light exchanged

between the stars

in their great web

of the night.

Consider the sentience

within each living thing~

everything alive

with reverence.

Consider the ancient temple

of the hills

and the monks

that are the mountains

donning their silhouetted robes

to hold vigil for you

each night.

Consider all

the god inside of you tends to

while you sleep

with such tenderness

and incredible intelligence~

organizing your whole

inner life,

soothing its edges,

doing all it might

to make you more

hospitable to love.

Consider, the whirlers

up all night to dance

their prayers

while the dervish planets

do the same.

Let the lullaby of the worldwide

chorus of crickets

wrap itself around you tonight.

Be held

by the blanket of stars.

Sleep well, my dear.

All existence is spun of magic

and you are outside

of nothing.

Receive all the blessings this earth

is perpetually trying to give you

And rest soundly

on a deep bed

of awe

and thanks.

~ Chelan Harkin https://chelanharkin.com

[Art: Tijana Lukovic @tijanadraws https://www.tijanadraws.com/shop%5D