When we wore skins close to our skin, clothed in danger faced and overcome,
When darkness meant crouching at cave-fire smoke screens from ravenous roars and biting cold,
Did we bare souls to each other beside our visceral vulnerability?
Were our hearts as wildly wide as uncertainty of being?
Is it brick box borders and interminable light
That have shaped us to shun the shaky and unsure?
Is bulletproof a modern melody?
Or did we praise impervious to spear and arrow even then?
I wonder when we learned to hold our kind at bay as fiercely as our predators,
Who drew first blood and why.
No matter, it was done.
But here and now I go shield-shy,
I wear my fragile heart on my gossamer sleeve
And welcome loss and pain and grief as warmly to my hearth
As more congenial company.
I may shatter, crack and splinter but my open fire
Will forge the malleable mettle of compassion and understanding.
Semele Xerri
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My latest post is up on my website and Substack, inspired by my thoughts and reading on Valentine's Day x #flourishing #Thrutopia #loveisthekey #newearth #consciousnessshift
https://semelexerri.co.uk/2025/02/love-and-a-flourishing-future/
I’m sending a compassionate touch to those who cannot find love in this moment. The starving, the war-torn, the ones who fear for their rights, their lives, their homes, their survival. I wish it was more practical. Bring love into all interactions today. Start the revolution x
Leo full moon today, likely to bring some obvious disturbance in your life. Hold fast to your courage and centre in your heart as you trust and go with the process. Shake free the dead wood and clear room for new growth on the next phase of your journey. Stay open x #fullmoon
"Like our female ancestors from long ago, like the goddesses of Sovereignty in our native mythology, become guardians and protectors of the land. By taking up these ancient roles, we begin to restore life to the Wasteland. Use your voice. Speak." - Sharon Blackie x
I took a rare morning walk with Finn today. The still morning scintillated with a pure, diamond frost. I felt renewed. Drink in the beauty of the small, fleeting moments. Appreciate them. Create your own version of them. Share them. All change begins in you. Here. Now x