You are invited to spend time today reading Cathy Ross’s 
new poem, EQUILIBRIUM and revisiting Mike Cohen’s poem ARISE.
EQUILIBRIUM, and ARISE, speak to those times when we are in transition from one stage in our lives to another. During those times, we often find ourselves uncertain and confused. What we are doing isn’t working and what lies ahead is puzzling and causes anxiety. While EQUILIBRIUM’S subject is about those anxious times, ARISE is a call to action. You and I must “dig” deep and find the courage to sing a new “song”.
You will find Mike’s poem, ARISE in the FEATURED posts in the menu.
EQUILIBRIUM
CATHY ROSS
I need to get away
every now and then
to re-calibrate myself,
to find my center
and regain my sense
of balance. You see,
I get tipped over
from leaning
into problems, begin
listing to one side,
taking on water,
with no time to bail.
I lose sight
of the horizon
as if it has vanished,
pat my pockets
looking for the map
I used to have.
I feel turned inside out
like an umbrella in the wind,
run down like an old
clock that no one
remembered to wind.
It is time to find
a sheltered harbor
where I can sit very still
and focus on the line
where the sea meets the sky,
then memorize this moment
so I can have it with me
when I return again
to the chaos of my life.
To read Cathy’s previous published poem in the NESTER – click here
beautiful