POEM: Retreat

in poetry •  6 years ago 

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Bare Your Soul


Perhaps retreat is best.
There are times to be bold,
But you must also rest,
Care for body and soul.

Tend your responsibilities,
Show up, best you can each day,
Take care of your own,
Take a breath,
Remember to play.

Sometimes the heart chants its beat,
And dancing is the only thing
That will do.
If you don’t move,
If you don’t sing,
You’ll unravel
To reveal the truth.

There is a different dark.
A restful one that will pull you
To slumber, to a place where
You can dare, dream,
All you want to do.

Yes.
Perhaps retreat is best,
Silence more the thing to do.
Alone, in your thoughts,
Bare your soul.
Be you.

Original writing by Katrina Ariel.

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Thank you for reading.

Whatever happens, keep singing your song!

Peace. @katrina-ariel

Katrina Ariel
Photos mine unless otherwise credited.


Author bio: Katrina Ariel is an old-soul rebel, musician, tree-hugging yogini, and mama bear to twins. Author of Yoga for Dragon Riders (non-fiction) and Wild Horse Heart (romance), she's another free-spirit swimming in the ocean of life.


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Dragon art by Liiga Smilshkalne.


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Oh the idea is so appealing <3
A bit scary, too. Because if I like something too much I wouldn't be able to stop it.

Because if I like something too much I wouldn't be able to stop it.

I hear you there. ;)

Beautiful poetry and it's oh so true. 🗻

Thank you, and yes indeed. Rest is good.

Scary in an odd unrelenting way, but so true. Dance and chance the dreamscapes love.

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dancing
by myself
in the dark
of retreat

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I have been in retreat, a song was born from it "welcome to the void" so I think I can resonate with this poem a lot.
Hugs

Retreat is necessary sometimes. Seeds of creativity grow there, too. ;) Much love!

Yes! There are times when all of this is needed!