Originally posted on November 7, 2015

I

Sat in the jungle

And dissolved into the stillness.

Jaguar approached me 

And pierced my skin.

As blood fell to the jungle floor 

She said,

“This is the blood of everyone.

The anguish of your mothers 

And fathers 

Has already been shed.

You are anew.

You choose to carry pain from the past 

Because believe you are supposed to.

Release it.

It is not yours to carry.

Your ancestors 

And all of the universe 

Wish for you to 

Let it go.”

Let your voice,

Your silence,

Your deeds

Be For

Love,

To build up.

To share,

to 

Let others live and be the best they can.

The universe is all of us,

Not merely a singular point of view.