The Open Door
Sanaa -
June 22, 2017
Earlier PoemsPoetry

Hush that has long faded from this world
one that allows our bosom to breathe free,
let us bequeath woe to oh wandering stars.
I felt my weary soul kiss blossoming grass,
as eyelids closed and lay restless limbs.

I watch as breath mingled with thought as
though dew that sleeps on petals, dirt that
lines the earth and skies ablaze as fire that
runs though my veins, there’s deeper truth
that burns in dark and dreamy gaze.

Unleash the burden carried willingly until
its time to let go.

 

Photo credits: Pinterest

I chose to write on “Savasana.”

Posted on Midweek Motif @ Poets United

Posted on Tuesday Platform @ Real Toads

48 Responses

  1. Sherry Blue Sky says:
    June 22, 2017 at 8:19 am

    Wonderfully done. I especially love your closing lines………the letting go is the trick.

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  2. Martin Kloess says:
    June 22, 2017 at 8:47 am

    What a wonderful meditation. Thank you for lighting my imagination.

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  3. Old Egg says:
    June 22, 2017 at 9:05 am

    What a beautiful read Sanaa, especially the second verse. I loved it.

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  4. gillena says:
    June 22, 2017 at 9:21 am

    Luv the ending lives of releasing burdens, for me it spells faith in action.

    Much love..

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  5. Elizabeth says:
    June 22, 2017 at 10:17 am

    Just breathing, slowly and deeply, is itself a letting go. Thank you for this wonderful lesson in being present to the moment,

    Elizabeth

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  6. Truedessa says:
    June 22, 2017 at 10:20 am

    Thank you for the guided meditation, sometimes we need to inhale the good and exhale the bad for then there is a sense of release.

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  7. Sumana Roy says:
    June 22, 2017 at 10:30 am

    This is an absolute beauty Sanaa. Each stunning image seems to rise from the bottomless depth within. To the poets word is meditation. The poem itself is ‘Yoga’. So lovely! Thank you. Thank you.

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    • Sanaa says:
      June 22, 2017 at 6:41 pm

      Awwww!❤ Thank you so much, Sumana 😊 so glad you enjoyed it!❤

      (and thank you for the lovely prompt)

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  8. Susan says:
    June 22, 2017 at 10:32 am

    “breath mingled with thought as
    though dew that sleeps on petals, dirt that
    lines the earth and skies ablaze as fire that
    runs though my veins”

    Amazing! Thinking of thought this way helps to clarify how it sullies yoga engagement. Lovely mixing of positives and negatives–breath on thought becoming dirt lining the earth. Gosh.

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  9. Khaya Ronkainen says:
    June 22, 2017 at 9:48 pm

    And that is true, “there’s deeper truth that burns in dark and dreamy gaze.”
    Wonderful and meditative piece!

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  10. annell4 says:
    June 22, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    “Unleash it” until it is time to “let go.” Nice visual.

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  11. Bev says:
    June 23, 2017 at 2:53 am

    Deep breathing (in with the good, out with the bad) … and letting go. Time should be set aside for such daily! Loved your poem.

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  12. Stacy Mar says:
    June 23, 2017 at 2:58 am

    Yes, yoga is the most ancient of relieves. Wonderful write.

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  13. panchali says:
    June 23, 2017 at 3:15 am

    ” there’s deeper truth
    that burns in dark and dreamy gaze.

    Unleash the burden carried willingly until
    its time to let go.”– Beautifully stated….
    Yes, ‘unleashing’… is an important part of the yoga practice and where so much illumination is waiting to be discovered. Loved it, Sanaa!

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  14. Mary says:
    June 23, 2017 at 5:20 am

    This is beautiful really. I have no doubt that yoga is something that fits you! I feel relaxation spreading over me as I read your poem!

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    • Sanaa says:
      June 23, 2017 at 5:51 am

      Awwww!❤️ Thank you so much, Mary 😀 so glad you liked it!❤️

      (I used to practice power yoga back in 2013)

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  15. Rosemary Nissen-Wade says:
    June 23, 2017 at 8:07 am

    Wow! You entered your meditation and took me with you.

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  16. debi says:
    June 27, 2017 at 6:16 pm

    “Unleash the burden carried willingly until
    its time to let go.” I like the implication that we carry willingly the burdens and must decide to release them. Good advise

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  17. Magaly Guerrero says:
    June 27, 2017 at 8:23 pm

    This reads like exhaling, finding a comfortable position, and sleeping soundly. Just comfortable, in an ethereal sort of way…

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  18. Julian says:
    June 27, 2017 at 9:28 pm

    there’s deeper truth
    that burns in dark and dreamy gaze………. I think this is so true. A beautiful poem,Sanaa

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  19. Kerry says:
    June 27, 2017 at 9:39 pm

    This is such a pretty message reminding us to let go.

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  20. Buddah Moskowitz says:
    June 28, 2017 at 1:37 am

    There is beauty and wisdom in this. Loved this.

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  21. Marian says:
    June 28, 2017 at 3:46 am

    Yes… there is a deeper truth, we all hope.

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  22. Bjorn Rudberg says:
    June 28, 2017 at 4:20 am

    I think that’s we should think a bit more before we act… the truth is always deeper.

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  23. Sreeja Harikrishnan says:
    June 28, 2017 at 1:15 pm

    This is really beautiful….so flowing and so meaningful!

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  24. grapeling says:
    June 28, 2017 at 2:04 pm

    finding when it’s time to let go is the question, isn’t it ~

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