Staying Safe.

Stay safe
and nothing is harmed,
but nothing thrives.

We preserve life,
but we cannot create it.
Infertility sits at the centre of the kingdom.

Run from safety, say the ancients.
Rise in ecstatic love of nature’s dance.

A seed must break the surface of the earth
for the genius within
to become the Great Oak.

A baby in the womb is safe and warm,
but she must risk entering the world
or both mother and child will die.

Let us call in our wildness.
Not savage, but fierce.

Do not withdraw from the very act of living,
for a culture that celebrates safety
is already dead.