fierce

take a chance today

feel the fierce exuberance

welling up inside you

give yourself permission

to color outside the lines

with every crayon

in your box (and then some!)

climb to the tip of a crescent moon

and dive headlong

into a waiting sea of rainbows

throw away the safety straw

you've been sipping through

and take great gulps

from the cup

of your beautiful life

-stacy wills (1/27/2011)

return to center

i find myself craving

a return to center

a center with margins

with room to grow

protected womb-space

hushed and holy

a sacred place

where dreams can ripen

undisturbed

-stacy wills (1/18/2011)

the woodpecker

a downy messenger

came knocking on

grandmother cedar's door

[every tree is a door]

in her beak, this invitation:

find your rhythm

find your rhythm

keep pecking away

at every deception

until truth is revealed

listen to your body's wisdom

protect that which is sacred

the womb of your creativity

hear the echo of

your own heart beating

home is within

home is within

-stacy wills (1/11/2011)

coloring outside the lines

there she is again

that dark haired woman

from my dreams

the one who insists on

coloring outside the lines

-stacy wills (1/3/2011)