For Teachers, Especially Mine

I am taught by a great teacher.

she leads with her heart,

and through her Love I have begun to walk the starry paths

of my young heart.

this teacher has taught me to untangle myself from the sticky

web of my dreams, so I may find joy in my present moment.

she has helped me to discover that if I desire deep sleep and deep love,

then I must cease my anxious pacing on the shore.

I must dive right into the heaving storm that is my new life.

I lay in the burning sunlight of her lessons

so that I may become a great teacher one day too.

I have seen my inner hurricane and weathered the violence.

I listen to her words so I may know the peace of resting on God’s broad chest…

so I may know the rhythm of my Lord’s steady breathing.

so I may rise with His inhale and sink with His exhale,

knowing that I can hear His unchangeable heartbeat

whenever I put my ear to the Earth and listen.