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"Over The Horizon & Earth" ~ Writers Island

JANUARY 7, 2008

Over The Horizon...
When I was in my early twenties...
I had the opportunity
to fly to Europe on a private jet.
During the flight
the pilots invited me
to come and sit in the cockpit...
Even though I had flown many times before,
it was the first time I saw the Earth's horizon,
the rounded curvature of the Earth...
In that moment,
my world expanded
and what had not been possible to fathom before,
was there stretched out before me
in a beautiful arch and I was awed...
It reminds me of my desire for this New Year...
that my world,
this new horizon,
become bigger
and at the same time,
more simple...

_Earth..._
_This ground,_
_this earth_
_holds me_
_like a mother_
_deep within her arms…_
_Like a father’s shoulders,_
_a mountain kissing_
_the sky…_
_This ground,_
_this earth,_
_holds me like a lover,_
_taking me places_
_I’ve never been_
_where the soft round curves_
_of my body_
_nestle into gravity_
_pulling me to the center of my heart_
_where I fall into myself_
_finding all things that matter_
_beneath my hands and feet_
_as my body melts into_
_divine motion,_
_a stillness profound,_
_a breathing_
_in and out_
_of being…_
_This ground,_
_this earth_
_is this moment of remembering…_

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Photos: Earth orb, outside and inside

Earth Poem inspired by my [Soul Motion](http://www.transformativedance.com/) dance practice

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