Fifth Holy Night 2007 ~ Freedom and Lawfulness
DECEMBER 29, 2007
_Oh the freedom_
_that breathed through my being_
_the day I left the rigid rules and regulations_
_I’d imposed upon my body and psyche_
_along the road,_
_way back there where the bend_
_happens near the dark wood…_
_You will still find structure,_
_organic and bendable_
_allowing my spirit to move_
_in and around,_
_feeling the limits and places to stretch_
_into potentials hereto unknown…_
_My body delights_
_in all the ways we now can dance,_
_move and rest,_
_find silence,_
_sing,_
_create in all ways becoming known,_
_seeking_
_the divine in each breath_
_taken_
_then released,_
_stepping between_
_and through the pillars_
_of freedom and lawfulness…_
_that breathed through my being_
_the day I left the rigid rules and regulations_
_I’d imposed upon my body and psyche_
_along the road,_
_way back there where the bend_
_happens near the dark wood…_
_You will still find structure,_
_organic and bendable_
_allowing my spirit to move_
_in and around,_
_feeling the limits and places to stretch_
_into potentials hereto unknown…_
_My body delights_
_in all the ways we now can dance,_
_move and rest,_
_find silence,_
_sing,_
_create in all ways becoming known,_
_seeking_
_the divine in each breath_
_taken_
_then released,_
_stepping between_
_and through the pillars_
_of freedom and lawfulness…_
**[Fifth Holy Night of Inner Christmas](http://www.innerchristmas.com/075.html)**
with Lynn Jericho
with Lynn Jericho
Lynn's Blog on the Twelve Holy Nights of Inner Christmas
Photo: Steps to the mansion of imagination...
Longcross Hotel, Trelights, Port Isaac, Cornwall, England.
Photo: Steps to the mansion of imagination...
Longcross Hotel, Trelights, Port Isaac, Cornwall, England.
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