Migration

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Migration                         

Going from this place to another place

            requires surrender of your old ways,

            the honoring of sacred wisdom and not

            anticipation of the journey only. The soul’s

Migration between the old place and the new means

            that you must recognize your path

            to an unknown destination, risking all

            with the chance of gaining nothing. You are merely

The connection between growth and suffocation,

            the link that joins possibility to pain,

            and thus you become the keeper of your own flame.

Going from this place to another place is like

            the bird in winter who remembers

the beauty of her springtime nest

just to keep herself from freezing.

                                                By Nancy Wood