Day 12 - Kinship

A poem a day for the month of May

Hey everybody! How are you doing today?

Every day, I keep checking and I’m amazed to find only one day has passed. This poem-a-day challenge is accelerating my life, my words, and my excitement exponentially such that 24 of my hours feel like a month and you see this first sentence about it every day.

My excitement can play out infinitely ;)

Photo by Leonard von Bibra

Today, kinship.

I have to say, this one wasn’t easy. When I initially saw the prompt, I was excited, full of ideas and a lot of love. An hour later, when I actually sat down to write it, my ideas were eerily silent and my creation space felt intense and uncomfortable.

From this lifetime, and 1000% from many of those past, I have a lot to feel, and a lot to confront. I’m willing to bet many of you reading this do as well.

However, even if you feel you don’t, we have created this concept of “kinship” on our human planet Earth to be nuanced and complex. Partially, it can mean biology. Partially, it can mean likeminded. Partially, it can mean belonging. And partially, it can mean rejection, dissonance, aggression, high standards, etc.

There’s a lot to heal in kinship, certainly in me and also for many of us. And yet, simultaneously, there is inherent and undeniable divinity.

It is precious that in the presence of many codes of separation, there is nonetheless connection. It is precious that we orchestrate that connection, independently, as our choice and our sovereignty drive it perpetually.

Connection is both within our scope and simultaneously beyond us. It is both dependent on us and mutually exclusive. For this reason, we never need truly fear a “lack of connection” and we can always choose to create more of it.

Although many of us don’t speak of kinship in this way, I think this quality is one we all intuitively recognize. Sometimes, consciously and unconsciously, we may fear the responsibility and intimacy, but for its abundant existence, I believe it is inherently a blessing.

In the light of the whole of this prompt, which is incredibly, serendipitously fitting, I want to dedicate this poem to my parents, who are celebrating their 33rd wedding anniversary today.

May you always know your inherent connection, refine your evolution, and enjoy the love in your kinships.

Blessings, all <3

Kinship

There’s deep healing in
Kinship
     For the sake of kinship
For some, we must be intentional to walk the path
For some, we must be deliberate with every word
For some, we must be active in our trust
Sometimes, the thought of kinship is a 
Bitter medicine, a
Placed-upon-us, a
How-will-I-ever.
But also for those very ones of us,
Kinship is a lifetime of leading,
Of being precious and clear to the
Who-am-I, to the 
What-do-I-need, to the
Who-do-I-love, to the
Why.
Just like everything else in love, 
Learning the lean of our love
Is an opportunity, another
Pit stop to shed a layer, to evolve
From Charmander to Charizard,
To fly and match our fire. 
Kinship is, sometimes, a
Bitter medicine, but we take it 
To serve us. 
We take that medicine to course-correct
Our band of angels that 
Came so deliberately to our 
Earth as a tribe.