With Each Breath!
- Feb 9, 2019
- 2 min read
My tears lay on the ground
As I stood there, like a Charcoal tree in winter dusk...
And he waited along with me; All through that darkness...As I grasped for breaths....
Asking my Beloved lord; Help!
Breathe through me; Breathe for me....let thy wind bring air
For the burl on my scalp are
Far too painful...draining all
Life-energy as I struggle here...
With each-breath!
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A burl is a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from dormant buds.
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There are these small growths on my scalp, almost like bumps, knots due to living 18 years in chronic pain, which are so tender to touch & leave me breathless for days, unable to even speak. Pain carries silence with it. For days I'm not able to talk, for I have to conserve energy, which is already draining from my feet. During one such pain-episode, I had a thought....that maybe I should stop sharing....this Silence within....but Universe moves me with signs...that this art is your gift. Share it!
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Art to me is cathartic to voice out this pain without being reduced or victimised by it. I don't know what I would have done if Coco was not by my side. He helps me breathe when my breathing becomes heavy. His touch, his light, his presence, his every cell, his eyes, his every strand of hair is there only to heal me. Sometimes I wonder are words ever enough to describe a love like his. For when I struggle for breaths he weeps & then he collects all my silent tears & with his Love transforms them into flowers of peace
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If my pain has opened your heart...you shall know that even through all layers of darkness there's Love for to feel compassion & empathy for another is to love
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Copyright: Meghna/2019
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