You don’t have to be Perfect

An affirmation, in the way of Mary…
You don’t have to be perfect,
You just have to be honest, truthful,
You can hope, you can dream,
Aspiring for the golden ring, living,
Loving as you are able, happy,
Loving yourself in the first instance,
Believing that you are here for a reason,
That you are enough, perfect as you are.
Believe, have faith in yourself, in your worth,
That you have a calling, a purpose,
A reason for walking on this earth.
Life can move so quickly, overwhelming,
Our experiences, our memories not always fleeting,
Finding ourselves out in the open, in the wild,
Seeking our place in nature, in conversation,
With plant elders, the fields, the forests,
In the moving of the celestial tides…
 
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February 2, 2024
You don’t have to be Perfect
 
a prayer of affirmation
an after-poem, in homage to, in conversation with,
inspired by, modeled on Mary Oliver’s poem,
Wild Geese
 
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