true reciprocity

true reciprocity : soul poem

true reciprocity.

​i spoke of true reciprocity
and then she tells me
she has been ruminating
on this notion
and is curious
as to what it means to me.


true reciprocity,
to me,
is about
the allowance of being.
it’s about seeing
everything at once
yet not trying
to discover
what it all means
before the body mind and soul
are ready to receive.


in essence
there cannot be
reciprocity
without the true.
the true is added
simply for effect
because
there is no reciprocity
that is not so true.


reciprocity happens
without having the mind involved.
it’s the breathing in and out
and back in again
without a thought
of what one is doing
for the other.
yet
there is a part of us
in those moments of breathing
that knows to appreciate
the three parts of the whole.
in.
pause.
out.




pause.
in.
pause.
out.
pause.
reciprocity
knows nothing of keeping score.
it simply just is.
there is give and take
and no-one
or nothing
is minding a tally
to make sure all
is even and fair -
because reciprocity
is about trusting
that all will
arrive time and again
to a place of equitable
harmony.


there is a balance
of needs getting met
and truths being spoken
and words being taken
as seriously
as the souls
that occupy this body.
with a grain of sand
and a pinch of salt -
we hold ourselves
accountable
for the ways our tongues
bring magic to the world.


true reciprocity
is the trees
dropping their leaves
to nourish the earth.
it’s the sap that flows
because it knows
we humans
love to taste
the sweet syrup
as we fortify
ourselves
for the times ahead.


if in the mind
it is ever hard to comprehend -
simply look to the natural world
that surrounds you -
the natural world
that abounds within you -
and it will be easy to see
how you and me
flow together
like the streams and rivers
flow into the ocean and lakes.
there is a balance
of holding on
and letting go -
a knowing
of hearts beating
with some sort of unison
with the very centre
of the earth.
it is death
and it is birth.
it is all
and none
wrapped up
in one.

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