TIME TO FEEL

I want to speak of softness

and the beauty of the moon

A light that softly opens hearts

And lets us gently swoon

I want to speak of kindness

And of listening with deep love

The kind of ears that change the tide

From ebb to flow above

I want to speak of openness

Allowing all with grace

Of opening and receiving

And helping us to face

The hardships of just living

And just being who we are

The harshness of competing

In a world that’s full of war

It’s time now for a gentler tone

A sweeter, softer choice

It’s time for that which has no name

To also have a voice

To sit at the big table

And be heard with open hearts

The balanced view, the human touch

The formless spiritual arts

The essence of our nature

Deserves a seat and more

We only will survive this place

If we can learn to soar

And remember why we came here

To remember what will serve

To remember we are love and light

And remember we deserve

And yearn for our connection to

Divinity AND to Earth

We must know what is treasure

What is really wealth and worth

I call upon the grandmother,

The maiden and the mother

The women of all ages

The crone and the sweet lover

The feminine in all her forms

Her time has come and fast

We really need her gifts right now

If we are all to last

It’s time to go beyond the mind

Mad thoughts that run the show

It’s time to place our faith and trust

In a deeper kind of KNOW.

It’s time to all remember

That what will help us heal

Is letting go of big ideas.

It’s time to really feel.

- Elizabeth Lovius Spain May 2019

About this poem

I wrote this after watching a documentary that took 10 years to make called Time of the Sixth Sun about what Indigenous people have always known, we belong the the earth, not the other way around.

Especially the grandmothers. They know. We need to remember who we are and where we fit into the whole. We need to move from our heads into hearts. If we feel into it deeply – we all know what’s true. It’s time to change and the divine feminine energy in both sexes must rise to hold the earth and balance out the imbalanced masculine energy focus on progress and achievements at all costs. At least that’s how it looks to me. Common Sense. And urgent.