This poem arose spontaneously in response to a creative writing class exercise — we were asked to imagine receiving a letter from our Creative Self…

Message from the Muse

Laughter is in the silence
Unheard, but felt inside
Like bubbles of champagne
Rising up through the sorrow,
The heaviness of rigid expectations,
And the broken promises to yourself.

Let go of it all!
Rise up and dance
To the moonlight orchestra
And the symphony of the stars.
Jig to the reel of Spirit,
Kicking and strutting in time
With the turmoil of Life,
Noisy and messy as it is.

Mind it not,
This noise and messiness,
For it is the rhythm
Of Life itself expressing
Through organisms
Made of blood and flesh.

Feel the laughter of your cells
As they dance the eternal dance,
The ebb and flow of the breath
Keeping time with their antics.
It is their breath, too.

Breath-less now,
In their swirling, ecstatic motion
Faster, and faster still,
Little whirling dervishes,
Forming the prayer of your Soul
To live fully, timelessly,
In the Now.

Relax and laugh, my dearest ones,
And let the music of that laughter
Carry you away
Until you, too, know who you really are
And what is really important.
Important enough
to laugh for,
to live for,
And to dream into existence.

For you are dreamers all
And this dream is your creation.
May your dream be worthy of you,
A true expression of your Being.

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