by Alia Yarrow | Jan 15, 2020 | Expressions, Musings, Poetry, Psycho-Spiritual Development
Learning to walk on water is stepping boldly forward without caring more if you’ll fall below unknown depths or stand supported above the surface of your previous knowing. Look how the clear glassy surface of the water extends itself outward, inviting you to...
by Alia Yarrow | Apr 1, 2019 | Expressions, Poetry
The task at hand is to find God in everything my attention rests upon: the stray dog’s assured gait on the muddy cobblestone street, the delicate warmth of building a fire on a cool night in a foreign land, the way my lover laughs openly into my eyes, the sensation of...
by Alia Yarrow | Jan 31, 2019 | Expressions, Poetry
These are the days when my departure approaches as a cold wind at my back tugging me away from you and the warm fort I have built around my life. “There are cracks in the walls,” I say, “and I can only repair them from outside.” You hear me say this, but you don’t...
by Alia Yarrow | Jan 24, 2019 | Expressions, Poetry
The ebbs and flows of our love keep me spinning and swimming toward some solid ground to stand on. In search of this land, I peer both inside myself: deep into the marrow of my bones, into the height of my full upright posture, into the ever-present beating of my...
by Alia Yarrow | Jan 22, 2019 | Expressions, Poetry
Let the sunlight touch your shadows and the wind move through your stuck places. Yes, this being mortal can feel constricting: our bodies full of density keeping us material; our minds full of beliefs keeping us small. And yet, see how the light shifts to change...
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