Change by Design Book

There is beauty in the resistance
Moved to the beat of the drum
The drum beats inside your head

Am I enough 
the beat wants to know

It is a refrain that moves mountains 
and holds me still

Moving from possible to impossible 
and back again

The words dance slowly 
through the darkest night

Illumined only by the barest moon 
hanging outside
the frosted window pane

Do crows fly in the darkness 
of the night or only
in the darkness of my heart

Power comes in numbers
too big to ignore
And too small to pay attention to

We ignore the little things until 
Suddenly…explosion 
Consuming all on its path
A path strewn with adventure 
And danger
And delight

The razor’s edge
Walk the razor edge as you enter 
and bow

What do you hold as sacred
Is it beyond the scared spot safely 
tucked away in your heart
Beyond the secret shame I cling to 
as precious
Beyond the gifts of not enough

Receiving the darkness
It is the journey to the light 
Dancing in the shadows
Shapes morph and blur as colors dull

The outstretched hand grabs the knob 
Tugging
The light floods in
As the door opens 

Delicious 
Voracious 
Floating in a sea of silence  
 
Mind quiet in this moment  
Watch the fear as 
it slides and slithers across the floor 
 
Into the crevices of my mind 
It seeks a hold below the radar 
of my awareness  
 
Welcomed with open arms 
Fully embodied it demands control  A Power only I can give it 

Moment by moment  
The tug-of-war unfolds 
Rope frayed and threadbare 

Who are we to want more 
Who are we to claim space 
Who are we to stand tall 
Chest forward  

Heart wide open is power  
A power birthed 
of vulnerability 
 
Heart wide open to the fragility 
of being human 
A fragility that makes us one  

Feel the fear
Include the fear
Beyond the fear 

Diving through 
the blazing hoop of scarcity  
I am enough