lauren k. hickman, MSW, APSW she/they

our nervous system is just that
electric wiring
but without the heart
pumping oxygen
to that wet and spectacular brain
there is no perception
no thought, no speech, no sound, no light.
the luminosity is within.

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what desire does speak?
what is mine to seek?
what adventure is mine to partake?
what am i here, in this world, to create?

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sometimes it is not reality that is the monster
but it is our minds and their conclusions

root yourself
in that warm perception of your body heat
root yourself
with hands-on sacral belly
that creative force that is the gut
and trust

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a calm nervous system is the safest place
for the heart to be perceived
but a calm nervous system is only a point of contact
in the roller coaster of our lives.

even a monk alone
on retreat
fed and clothed
warm and sheltered
can make monsters of ants
can pull shame from honey

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we are “extraordinary machines”
but it is what luminosity
that animates us
that is most interesting to me.

when we are up in arms
when we are shielding our safety
from unknown perpetrators
real, perceived, or imaginary

there is no room for creativity.

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LEO FULL MOON

we cannot listen to our hearts
when we’re in our heads

and the mind
can lead us down
a thousand wrong rabbit holes
taking us on every journey
every outcome
every parallel universe
known and unknown
written or not

this can be genius
or it can be anxiety

it is probably both.

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