start close in

Start close in,⠀
don’t take the second step⠀
or the third,⠀
start with the first⠀
thing⠀
close in,⠀
the step⠀
you don’t want to take.⠀
⠀
Start with⠀
the ground⠀
you know,⠀
the pale ground⠀
beneath your feet,⠀
your own⠀
way of starting⠀
the conversation.⠀
⠀
- part of the poem Start Close In By David Whyte. ⠀
⠀
I am giving time to the little shimmering light in me, giving it darkness, space and rest. Letting myself empty of who I knew myself to be to make room for who I’m becoming. I’m starting close in with quiet and curiosity and most with that
hard won, ⠀
here all along,⠀
patient thing ⠀
that allows me to meet so much more than I could with force of will....⠀
Tenderness ⠀

Where are you meeting yourself in these dark winter days?