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