Life Lines
150 words | 3 min. audio — on taking the long way home
LIFE LINES
On Taking the Long Way Home
by Maja Apolonia Rodé
All rivers are summoned
by the same and singular power —
relentlessly pulled
down and
in
toward the center of the sphere.
The waters choicelessly take the long way — across.
And thus, the lines of life are drawn
into the sands of
time.
We are streams, each of us,
drawn toward our most essential core,
yet obliged to take a winding path
along the sacred
surface.
The contours
of our lives bear witness
to the beauty and courage
of following the
call
of that which
remains unknown to us
even as it animates our very existence.
The Gravity of Being brings life
to all creation
and
is
the center
to which all things are bound.
Despite our frequent and feeble attempts to
avoid total and complete surrender,
we eventually reach
Ocean,
and become
the communion of
all that finds itself in this world.
And here, still, the mysterious center calls,
forever beckoning itself to itself —
even after we have gone
as far as going
can go.
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❤ 2014-2023 | Maja Apolonia Rodé
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