Descartes said : I think there for I am But I see it differently I am there for I must be I exist by right of life I am the spontaneous creation of a moment in time when Sperm and ovum met And I swam in that amniotic fluid until the call to birth pulled me along the birth canal and into life And from day one I felt the push and pull of living energy Psychology says that Fear of life and the permission to be leads to contraction And to being cold or frozen Mum in later years your hands were like ice And now as I struggle just to live and inhabit myself fully Flesh and bone and muscles and skin I realise how much I too can spasm and shake Teetering anxiously On the precipice of life Fearing profoundly to sink or swim? But oh how much I long to live And to know that as much as I can think That sometimes means I do not allow myself to fully live And so for now I want so much to breathe (For breath is life) And I will try not to over think it all too desperately But take the risk to live the full and deep reality I am by right of life and therefore I take the risk to be
Emerging From The Dark Night 