[Thespiritexpress] Poem read

[Riantee Rand]

Thank you for sharing this amazing journey of healing.
Wonderful writing, so inspiring, so honest and descriptive I was with you all along on your journey.
I love your animals teachers.
Yes, your heart is pure and you are love,
so trust yourself, bear is right!
With all my love
Riantee

> On Jun 5, 2025, at 15:50, Jima Abbott via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> FROM CARLIE
> 
> Last month Taylor shared a writing she did about a healing journey and it reminded me of a drumming journey I had several years ago about healing the fear, anger and wrong doings I want to heal within me.   After reviewing my writing this is the version I shared this week on Tuesday.
> 
> DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
> 
> I lay on the padded flour in the Yurt listening to the drum beat that will pull me down my rabbit hole and into the center of the earth.
> 
> There is a reluctance in my mind to dive into the unknown.
> 
> Plummeting down the dark tunnel I am hurled to the dirt floor and am met by Crow who pecks at my eyes.
> 
> Bear comes to me and begins to claw and shred the skin from my body; into the muscle and organs.
> 
> Blood and body fluids leave a stain on the virgin snow beneath me.
> 
> As Bear devours my organs she reaches for my heart and tucks it gingerly into her pocket of fur.
> 
> She takes me to her winter cave which is dimly lit by the fire under the cauldron in the center of the room.
> 
> I can see black writing etched into my bones; my numerous fears, judgements and transgressions I so dearly want to heal inside me.
> 
> There is a large pink eraser beside me and I begin to try and rub away each of the writings.
> 
> Bear asks me, “What are you doing?"
> 
> “I am trying to erase my fears, my angers, my judgements; to become pure and clean,”
> 
> She says you can erase each wound individually, but it will take a long time
> 
> or you can jump into this vat of lye and dissolve your bones and all the unsettling emotions and experiences that they hold.
> 
> As I stand on the lip of the large kettle looking down at the caustic  liquid, I must now make a choice.
> 
> Will I surrender to the unknown, to be ridden of that which burdens me.
> 
> I turn to Bear and ask “But what about my heart?"
> 
> She says, “I will keep it safe for you.  Your heart is pure and loving.
> 
> Your heart is safe with me.
> 
> Your bones will dissolve, but remember that your heart is pure.
> 
> You need to trust yourself.
> 
> Remember, trust yourself, 
> 
> you are Love."
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