The light in the dark is the light most true.
A hiccup rings the bell.
Release into yawning grace.
Stretch the moon
from your fingertips.
Gulp the stars.
Follow the ant.
Feather-fold the leaves
beneath your feet.
Sit with grandmother spider
under ancient juniper tree.
There you will find a shadow
and within it, a beetle.
The beetle carries the light between the worlds.
May we softly, slowly stretch into 2026, together.
*
Love, Melissa
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Additional Resources:
Embodiment Means Being Torn Apart and Flying Away (The Emerald podcast)
The Moon’s Song (song) by Olivia Fern
Love, Don’t Worry (song) by Lyndsey Scott
Ra Ma Da Sa (mantra) sung by Snatum Kaur
“Slowly, slowly, slowly,” said the Sloth by Eric Carle (picture book)
Button Snail Hum is a pollination project of Noticing Matters.
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