Self Portrait

For the full experience, with photography, read this piece at Songs of the Lotus.

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I find myself in the darkest corners of life
Caress my tears and breathe love into my lungs

When I fall like a bird that drifts to sleep in mid flight
I cushion my landing like clouds give home to rain
The ocean and space are really one in the same
Lightening the weight of the worries we live with

Like a tree that is discovering branches for the first time
I curiously open my leaves to life

When I fall again and the moon disappears from the center of my eye
I'll find myself
Caress my tears and breathe love into my lungs