Day 9 of 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘊.’s 30-Day Poetry Challenge
Embracing My Inner Child
A tanka of wide-eyed love and awe
Day 9: Reconnecting with innocent pleasures
“Hi red Cardinal” “Hi pretty yellow birdie” “Hello young Blue Jay” “Look there goes Chippy the Munk” All watch Benny lick my face
Decoder Ring
These days I slip easily and frequently in and out of my adult skin and embrace my inner child, replete with an unabashedly child-like voice. Particularly when engaging with nature and all the more so when I go for walks around the neighborhood hoping to run into the dogs that are not frightened by my expanding soul. I approach all dogs without fear but some back off with a defensive bark and a fearful snarl — not Benny the Goldendoodle or Rusty the Belgian Shepherd. When Benny sees me he pulls hard on Karen’s leash and if there are no cars in sight she lets go and he runs to me and hugs me and licks my face and I kiss him back.
A few months ago Rama said to me “think of your earliest memory or picture of yourself. That is very much who you are now.” The image I chose for this story is the earliest picture I have of myself. I see wide-eyed love and awe and curiosity in my eyes and when I slip out of my adult skin and embrace my inner child that is very much how I feel — and I feel the love of connection to Source and as I type these words I know Sitara and I are making love right now.
Here is the link to 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘊.’s 30-day poetry challenge:
Here is the link to my previous entry, from which you can navigate to the others as well:
In Rama I create,