Month: July 2023

The Heavens Declare

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at the moment of your birth,
the sun, moon, and stars aligned
in a pattern
that will never appear
in the heavens again.
points of light in an inky black sky
with no seeming connection
until you decide
how they all fit together
by the choices you make.
and in the course of a lifetime
the story unfolds.

at the moment of your (re)birth,
your constellation complete,
the tale must be told
to close the circle.
from your lips emerges
the details of a life lived on earth
with all its twists and turns,
all the lessons learned,
the trials and victories
and each locus of love
that guided you home.
©2023, Sarah S. Walters

Unique

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Everyone has something that is important to them. I have things that are important to me. You have things that are important to you. Sometimes those things don’t overlap. Sometimes people can understand where you are coming from to the degree that they have personal experience, and sometimes it’s just not going to register at all.

I’m learning that it is okay that not everyone understands what it is like to be a woman in 21st-century America, or a mom, a drafter, a wife, a poet, a musician, etc. My experience is mine. What is important is that I am being authentic and reaching my potential in spite of that.

Not everyone is going to understand or care. As long as I care, that is all that really matters. Because as soon as I need outside validation, I will take a step off my singular path in order to fit someone else’s paradigm.

You were given a unique perspective. Embrace it. Love it. It will get you where you are supposed to go.

At the End

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at the end of my days,
my final act will be
to split open my chest,
revealing my inward parts.
engraved on my heart, my lungs,
and etched into my bones—
every square inch—
covered in the Beloved’s name,
so that all who look there will know:
every beat of my heart, every breath,
every movement of my body
was for Him alone.
© 2023, Sarah S. Walters

Where Heaven and Earth Meet

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No one has gone up into the heavenly realms
Except he who came down—the Son of Man who dwells in the heavenlies even now.
Heavenly minded is of utmost earthly good.
Head in the clouds,
Feet mingling with the dust of the earth
Our body, where heaven and earth meet,
A heavenly temple enclosed in flesh
And filled with holy breath.
©2023, Sarah S. Walters