What will this year unlock for you?
When you look back over the last year, what dream seeds and visions did you plant? What gifts are pushing now, to be given air, light and space to grow?
We’re still in the depths of the dark season here in the Northern Hemisphere. But ever so slowly, the light is edging back into our days. The lingering hours of darkness offer us time to dream, look back, and see what we might want to take forward into the light. And what we might want to leave behind, with gratitude and grace.
We have the keys to our own wisdom and knowing, always. I love this poem by Amara Bronwyn Hollow Bones… I hope it sings to you, too.
“Swallowed Keys
We locked up our wisdom into our bones
And swallowed the keys
They sank in our rivers of blood
And we forgot the maps
Because we had to forget the mysteries
To keep them safe.
We wove our hair into brooms
And swept over our paths
And then burned the earth with our rage
We didn’t teach our children
It was the only way to protect them,
we thought
But in them we planted seeds, seeds and keys
And told them stories and riddles and songs
With no roots, just tangled threads
That would take years to unwind
Just enough time
For the rains to fall again
and put out the fires
For the dams to break
For the rivers to flood
For the paths
to be walked again
For the soil to breathe
And as the old bones crumble
Deep beneath the rubble
We find we’ve always had the keys
Our stories and our maps
Our paths are revealed to some
And the seeds grow again
The threads are unspun
And woven again.”
If you would benefit from some soul companionship on this leg of your journey, I am here to support you. Book an Alchemy call or a 1:1 session with me.