For K

What does it feel like to stand in your power?

Lonely, shaky, raw

Like you are standing at the edge 

Way too exposed 

And you know there's no going back 

Although sometimes you want to 

You cannot fool yourself 

No platitudes 

No easy ways 

Nobody else's answers 

Nothing to hold on to 

Just this:

The openness and sense of being real

Naked 

Now

With circumstance you can't control 

The truth of who you are 

Of how life is not easy 

And still, you see 

A sort of holiness in that 

Picture is in Corbeni, Romania, taken on our 2016 trip.

Poem is dedicated to my amazing friend K, who is my example and inspiration. Sometimes I wonder, how did I ever deserve such a friend like her? And she doesn't even know how amazing she is, or if she does she certainly doesn't show it.

Peace