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Spell of Sleep

July 26, 2006

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Chrysalis ~ Canon 30d

Let her be safe in sleep
As leaves folded together
As young birds under wings
As the unopened flower

Let her be hidden in sleep
As islands under rain,
As mountains within their clouds,
As hills in the mantle of dusk.

Let her be free in sleep
As the flowing tides of the sea,
As the traveling wind on the moor,
As the journeying stars in space.

Let her be upheld in sleep
As a cloud at rest on the air,
As sea-wrack under the waves
When the flowing tide covers all
And the shells' delicate lives
Open on the sea-floor

Let her be healed in sleep
In the quiet waters of night
In the mirroring pool of dreams
Where memory returns in peace,
Where the troubled spirit grows wise
And the heart is comforted.

~ Kathleen Raine

I wonder what it would be like to fall asleep inside a silken green encasement with a halo of liquid gold dots circling 'round my head. There comes a time, many times in our lives, where the art of doing nothing ~ the art of waiting ~ the creative act of simple existing, is the most nourishing, important step we can take toward dream-fulfillment.

You are getting sleepy... very sleepy... when I count to 10 you will wake up and remember to slow down and and savor simple pleasures even more.

*snap!*

Posted by vincent at July 26, 2006 12:00 AM

Comments

Zzzzzzzzzz..... ;o)

Posted by: eB at July 26, 2006 09:55 AM

Susan, just lovely photos and your words are magnificent. We talked alot about this "sleep or doing nothing stage" in the last CM workshop. It is so necessary for everyone.

Posted by: jzr at July 26, 2006 11:53 AM

Your photos continue to inspire me. I feel like I am like this cocoon at the point I am in life.Maybe I will bloom soon.

Posted by: yolanda at July 26, 2006 02:33 PM

NO WAY did you take/see those, I am so jealous ;0 wonderful!

Posted by: Kim Carney at July 27, 2006 02:41 AM

Your photos are beautiful and I love the poem. we have monarchs around here quite a lot, but I don't seem to find the caterpillars or chrysalises very often.

Posted by: Catherine at July 27, 2006 04:52 PM

i hope your hypnosis works...

these are just marvelous!

Posted by: la vie en rose at July 27, 2006 11:23 PM