A POEM TO MY HAIR

TO A NEW BEGINNING
                               by John O'Donohue

'In out-of-the-way places in the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wonder,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you where ready to emerge.

For a long time it has watched you desire,
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Watching how you wiled yourself
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.

It watched you play with the seduction of safety,
And the grey promises that sameness whispered,
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like this.

Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
and out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
A path of pentitude opening before you.

Though your destination is not clear yet,
You can trust the promise of this opening,
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning,
That is at one with your life's desire.

Awaken your spirit to adventures,
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk,
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.'

I cut my fringe!