A recent guest of Billabong Retreat shared a magical poem ​she wrote. Read on and enjoy!

 

Billabong Retreat

By Sue Ellson https://sueellson.com

 

By the billabong

With trees and plants

I hear the birds

Singing their own sweet chants

 

By the billabong

I retreat from life

To pause and ponder

Or manner of strife

 

By the billabong

I see a new

The beauty of nature

And humanity too

 

By the billabong

The air is clear

The water so still

It reminds me to hear

 

By the billabong

The fire is lit

The earth beneath

Allows me to sit

 

By the billabong

My heart is healed

My body is treated

And my mind revealed

 

Lurking within

Life’s accumulated memories

Some good, some bad

And my collected worries

 

My hopes and fears

The billabong excepts

A life well lived

Moves past regrets

 

Heaven’s tears

Fill the billabong

Enough for me

And everyone

 

It is safe to feel

Pain and heartache

Be nourished and nurtured

And remember what’s great

 

For this moment is yours

To cherish and explore

To truly be you

And so much more

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