Through this frail cage

           echoes ride the breeze

                        of cetacean calls,

                                    of pulsing rhythms,

                                                of resonance whispered.

Strumming the wire,

            Tempting.

Glimpses squeeze through the bars

            of beaches- my tongue tasting salty lips,

                   of swirling- in a chorus of harmonies,

                           of tall eucalypts as my guardians and the

                                    heavens – companion to my dreams,

            Tormenting.

Longing to feel the wind dance with my feathers

     -relegated to the labyrinth of my imagination.

How do I unlatch this door?

…..Perhaps to feel Mother Earth’s breath inside this cage.

I wrote this in 2003 when I was incapacitated and very unwell. That has passed. I am celebrating life and i am certain that connecting with Mother Earth and feeling her breath whilst inside my cage…is what supports me now to live such an expansive and rich life.