{"id":1543,"date":"2014-10-27T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2014-10-16T14:56:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T18:56:06","slug":"i-am-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2014\/10\/i-am-a-poem.html","title":{"rendered":"I AM \u2013 A Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">I am the creative fire that connects all humanity to the source of life.<br \/>\nI reside gently and timidly in receptacles of unborn potential<br \/>\nand I wait patiently to be heard, seen, expressed and shared.<br \/>\nI don\u2019t know when my journey towards the light of form, shape, word<br \/>\nand movement began. It seems that I have always been held in the belly<br \/>\nof the universal current and then\u2026\u2026suddenly\u2026\u2026. I was separated,<br \/>\ndropped in a dark womb shaping my existence, slowly evolving<br \/>\ninto flesh and blood.<br \/>\nI am a voice, waiting to connect with the candles of creativity in other people.<br \/>\nI am dark, thick, dense, unknown.<br \/>\nI move quickly, I exist and then\u2026.in a flash\u2026..I disappear into the depths<br \/>\nof silence.<br \/>\nWhen the time is ripe, I will become a fire, drawing strength from itself,<br \/>\nremembering the streams of eternity.<br \/>\nI am a plan and a place. A plan of God\u2019s love, a place of God\u2019s healing.<br \/>\nFire in the soul, fire in the womb, burning the dross, relentlessly, with<br \/>\ngreat<br \/>\ncare and compassion.<br \/>\nI am constant motion! Discomfort, challenge, truth!<br \/>\nI am a theatre, full of drama and tension, players plotting and planning<br \/>\nfor attention, expression and survival.<br \/>\nI am the sun thriving in the clarity of direction that daylight brings.<br \/>\nI am the moon, deeply cherishing the soulful nurturing of mystery.<br \/>\nI am the feminine hand of compassion and understanding\u2026\u2026a pool<br \/>\nof nothingness, waiting to embrace and comfort.<br \/>\nI am the masculine sword of the warrior; I am a blade of anger and<br \/>\nindignation<br \/>\nwaiting to be plunged into the heart of illusion.<br \/>\nI am here but not always present, gazing outwardly, waiting for the world<br \/>\nto<br \/>\nsummon me yet always longing for the eternal river to bring me home<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">By <strong>Paola Ferretti<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">* ***<br \/>\nDonna Henes is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequeenofmyself.com\"><em>The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife<\/em>.<\/a> She offers counseling and upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnahenes.net\/queen\/consult.shtml\">Consult the MIDLIFE MIDWIFE\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. Send your inquiries to <a href=\"mailto:thequeenofmyself@aol.com\">thequeenofmyself@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am the creative fire that connects all humanity to the source of life. I reside gently and timidly in receptacles of unborn potential and I wait patiently to be heard, seen, expressed and shared. I don\u2019t know when my journey towards the light of form, shape, word and movement began. 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