Breathing In by Brooke Shaden: http://brookeshaden.com/gallery/?page=1&title=breathing_in
Each new inhalation
brings life anew
as if coming forth
from the womb.
Floating in wisdom,
the breath carries
me in peace and
holds me in
gentle repose.
Freedom is the
all encompassing
space that
surrounds me.
The endless
vibration of
my soul
reverberates
throughout
all of time.
And I rest here.
In quiet stillness.
Merged in joy.
With all that exists.
Grace is our hostess at dVerse today and invites us to use the art of Brooke Shaden to inspire our writing. Gratitude to Brooke Shaden for the use of her amazing and inspiring art work.: http://dversepoets.com/2014/09/23/poetics-passion-of-brooke-shaden/
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Grace
/ September 23, 2014I love the peaceful and gentle repose ~ There is joy in the quiet stillness & I am inhaling deeply as I read this ~ Thanks for participating Gayle ~
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Mary
/ September 23, 2014That is beautiful, Gayle. I think we all want to find the place where we rest with quiet stillness and merge with joy!
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Desmond, Anthony (@iamEPanthony)
/ September 23, 2014Each stanza is like a breath of fresh air…. peace overall; grand write 🙂
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Delaina Miller
/ September 23, 2014A beautiful poem. I love the stillness and peaceful of your images. Cheers!
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ayala
/ September 23, 2014Peaceful and sweet 🙂
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mishunderstood
/ September 23, 2014There is surreal and comforting.The words flow so naturally. Very nice!
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Audrey Howitt
/ September 23, 2014Really beautiful–wonderful sense of calm
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lynndiane
/ September 23, 2014Such a gentle repose…like pre-born chid breathing water in the womb. Lovely write!
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claudia
/ September 23, 2014there’s a beautiful comfort and serenity to this…floating in wisdom..i like as i think wisdom gives us that relaxed feeling in the knowing of things..
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vandana
/ September 24, 2014Such a peace giving poem and in the end we all need peace and salvation.
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Polly
/ September 24, 2014Yes…just like birthing – I love this, Gayle 🙂
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
/ September 24, 2014Such a beautiful restful poem.. A congratulation to everyone being able to feel this.
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brian miller
/ September 24, 2014what a sense of serenity in this…i like the correlation to the womb….surrounded in our freedom….the sense of being held in place…..
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Gabriella
/ September 24, 2014I enjoyed your positive take on the prompt, Bodhirose, the joy and serenity I read in your words.
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Lorna's Voice
/ September 24, 2014The poem is so lovely–tranquil, in fact. Yet the picture seems to contradict the notion of the free breath. The woman is under water. Am I misinterpreting something?
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Bodhirose
/ September 24, 2014Well my usually very analytical mind didn’t go there, Lorna. I just looked at it as if she was in a womb-like environment being held there in safety and peace. I usually go with what first pops into my mind and that was it. 🙂
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Lorna's Voice
/ September 25, 2014Makes sense. Maybe I was over-thinking it!
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From my Forest (@HamishGunn)
/ September 24, 2014So lovely to see an upbeat poem at last…
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georgeplace2013
/ September 24, 2014It reminds me of a strange but lovely dream and the reawakening as though a rebirth. This is a gentle, sweet, poem.
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billgncs
/ September 24, 2014of all the things I learned studying martial arts for many years, the one thing that has stayed with me is control your breath, control your emotion, control your breath, control your fear
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Bodhirose
/ September 27, 2014I learned the same thing studying yoga and meditation for years. :~)
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billgncs
/ September 27, 2014Many Kung-fu exercises are very similar to yoga
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Bodhirose
/ September 27, 2014Yes, I recognized the connection.
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margaret
/ September 24, 2014Interesting – I used reverberation in my poem – there is something silent, yet profound in many of her images. I too thought of the womb when I saw this image … A very gentle poem.
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Kathy
/ September 25, 2014Sweet repose is a wonderful theme here…and it’s written with such gentleness and care.
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rmp
/ September 25, 2014very interesting take…while the image feels suffocating and heavy to me, you poem feels quite the opposite. nicely done!
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Sherry Blue Sky
/ September 27, 2014Very beautiful, Gayle! Bravo! I felt the peace, just reading it.
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Jamie Dedes
/ October 16, 2014Wonderfully peaceful. A meditation. Lovely.
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Jamie Dedes
/ October 16, 2014… I might add: It’s very you, Gayle.
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Bodhirose
/ October 17, 2014Many thanks, Jamie and I have to agree with you…it is very ‘me.’
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Jamie Dedes
/ October 17, 2014🙂
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Renee Espriu
/ October 18, 2014I love this one. The kind of soulful feeling of emotions with a different message conveyed by each one who reads it. Wonderful!
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Bodhirose
/ October 19, 2014Thanks, Renee. I do love when my writing evokes some emotion within the reader. Nice to see you.
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Akshitha
/ December 1, 2014Loved it
Beautiful words…!!
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