we are
the authors of our own souls
choices pressing
decided at
the whim of a gust of wind
conclusions
crazy
wonderful
the bloom of new life
springing from gray matter
dark energy turned green
we are the committee
the judge and jurors
what glorious freedom
in the creation
of a thousand indispensable breaths
Committee Meeting
-Melissa Kircher
Picture and Poem created in response to the “We Are The Committee” Robcast episode by Rob Bell.
she is standing in front of three hundred people
pure energy zinging through her bones
she ducks her head under the wave of a pain swell
only to be met with a wall of water
on the other side
she is trembling, sweating hearing no
and she takes it
she is what roars from the ashes of an agony-charred heart
lightning strikes and her muscles coil—taut
ready to warrior spring
she is learning to pad softly through the thicket
to move in tune with the breath of the air
she is beauty
she is strength
she is a woman finding her voice
only to die to it
she is the village elder who has seen a thousand battles
and finally
finally
understands when to fight and when to tread carefully
like a huntress, and listen
“Lioness” -Melissa Kircher
the lines of the landscape are
soft and rounded
dewdrops dripping gently off crystal encrusted leaves
they are undulating hills of green and
cresting white waves
the lines are harsh, sometimes
jagged rock jutting out of earth
dead sticks snapping crisp underfoot
the lines draw us in
they ask us
is all of this, all of us, all of everything
deep and raw and beautiful?
the lines beckon
inward
to the landscape of beats and blood
could we find brilliance there?
and could the light that changes things
change you?
your friend?
your enemy?
could the beautiful, breathtaking landscape of your heart be
the very thing needed
in this uncertain hour
-Melissa Kircher
*Art and writing inspired by the On Being Podcast with the late poet, John O’Donohue
Melissa Kircher 