*In the middle of two consecutive yoga classes, the ideas for this poem came to me, repeating over and over the four words, shift, sort, soften, and surrender. This poem is the start of their journey together.
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| Taking Flight Catherine Al-Meten Meyers |
A Writer’s Journey
Shift.
Sort.
Soften.
Surrender.
Shift
Conversion
Revolution
Transformation
Metamorphosis
Transmutation
Flip flop
Renewal
To set apart
To rearrange
To move from one place to another
To change, alter, divide into parts
To replace and change focus.
Sort
Ilk
Type
Kind
Arrange
Separate
Put into order
Clarify
Evolve
Develop
Clarify
Classify
Put into context
Identify with as family
Characterize
Rank
Determine the nature of
Name as kin, friend, foe, object.
Review.
Soften
Ease
Calm
Quiet
Alleviate
Relieve
Soothe
Mitigate
Mollify
Pacify
Allay
Diminish
Dulcify
Diminish
Assuage
Cushion
Quell
Temper
Mellow
Compose.
Surrender
Yield
Abandon
Give in
Give up
Resign
Relinquish
Abandon
Relent
Renunciate
Capitulate
Acquiesce
Submit to the will of
The Divine
Omnipotent
Omniscient
Omnipresent
Creator
Infinite Spirit
God
Allah
the Almighty
Source.
Spirit
Totem
Father, Mother, Creation
Divine Creative Breath
All in All.
Eternal
Essence.
Being
Kernel
Aspect
Basis
Lifeblood
Nature
Marrow
Nucleus
Soul
Root
Nature
Principle
Backbone
Crux
Nature
Pith
Reality
Structure
Essentia.
The beginning of the journey.
Copyright@2018, Catherine Al-Meten Meyers.
