A RAPTalk by Susan K Furness, Senior Associate, Edgewalkers International
A wave became a swell in 2020.
So strong was its current
the true power of the ripple felt by mankind, left no stone unturned.
During Arab Spring people worldover took their voice the streets;
during CoVid Spring people shared melody from their balconies,
contagious contagion from a virus unknown in competition with the infectious delight of music.
Even the birds joined in, amplifying the break of dawn at a volume not heard for years, many said.
As this inland sonic-ripple ebbed back to sea, the message in the bottle announced the presence of a long-lost reality, of clean waters filling the new-quite in city waterways
and the dolphins swam in to play,
as pots and pans joined forces with wooden spoons and hands of all sizes
to create beauty from the new contact borne from the no contact of distancing,
vibrating appreciation for the individuals hard at work on behalf of the collective,
filling the night air with a rudely rhythmic bang, bang, clang, to launch the new Number 1 as we heeded the certain call
and showed the world we are the world, we are the people
separately together as one; even as we endured pain from the rife of life and loss of life during corona;
nothing sinister we still hope,
rather Nature our mother reminding mankind to be kinder to man.
To stay safe, we stayed home.
To appreciate, we had and have each other.
To work, we have technology.
To touch, we can now zoom around the world online, not in a 747.
As we locked in during CoVid outside buds opened as flowers, in rhythm our love affair with abundance is treated to a new definition,
mooting the surrender of shopping bags and baggage
sparking an appreciation for the light and light luggage.
A gift of time in this time is to pratice letting go by being still as we still balance on the Edge of life AC, after corona. Our chance to talk in, re-imagine and re-purpose our purpose,
sensing a future that has a mind and a heart of its own;
from the future of Now in which we Belong to Become.
Beautifully written and resonates with what most of us went through
Reasons that reasonate or ideas that integrate are indeed powerful as they touch. And you should know, Shereen as you touch so many with your word prowess across so much of life. Thank you for you.
That is so elequently written and beautifully powerful.
Bless you, Gillan. I am imagining how your eye and camera would caputure this in an image….
I love this! It touches open once again the blessings and the arising opportunities held within this global challenge
I love that you hone to blessings, Cassandra. A recent Edgewalker Cafe and Blog suggested blessings often show up in disguise, nudging attention from those awake to the awakening. Let’s all awake, Rise and Shine.
https://edgewalkers.org/blessings-in-disguise-and-the-six-gifts-to-intention/
Every cloud does indeed have silver linings. Most perceived Corona initially as dark, cumbersome and ‘of harm’ yet the shoots of change are now demonstrating advantages too. Perhaps it was time to aim for balance (as it always is) yet using different means if previous messages went ‘unheard’.
Shoots of Change….what a powerful image this conjures for me, Debbie. The metaphorical shoots need watering to bloom, and of course flowers bloom whether they are appreciated or not. Let’s hold that the new shoots will not be shot down, rather pollinate new harvest world over.
Love this Susan – the ultimate storyteller! I particularly like the ‘name it as it is/was’ honesty coupled with real hope for a re-imagined future.
Thank you for you, Tricia. Indeed you were cheering me on from the sidelines as the RAPTalks birthed, holding true to my apprecaition of Polatities, knowing that from dark there will be light.
A well written article Susan. A great share I love your use of words. Rhythms and flow. The pause was necessary to reset. The clouds are clearing and sun is coming. Thank you for sharing.
The clouds, the sun, the wind, the rain, the fog, the morning dew – as you also beautifully put Enrico – all in rythym and flow. They know when to appear and when to ‘pause’ and rest on the edge. They know because Mother Nature knows. It is high time for a Pause.
“Beautifully poetic. Painted a picture of how the human species is one with Nature, not above it. When we believe that she’s hurting us, she’s actually showing us her abundance and the abundance within us. Mother’s Love in action.Very warming to read. Good reminder of the Global Pandemic that we all collectively endured and are still coming out of. Showing us that there is another way we can proceed AC, shall we lighten our load and Become?”
I am in love of the notion of ‘Mother’s Love in Action’; our guiding light, to being light.
Turning day drama into poetry. And so touching. So true at every line. Thank you Susan xx
…..and Poetry into RAP….to turn drama into an aspect of street Dharma xx Thank you for appreciating, dearest Elise. You Draw Me A Fish (Elise’s book) and I’ll string some words together.