Equinox – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

~ Ali Grimshaw

During this one day of balanced light, I feel a lack of evenness. I’m ok with this. Acceptance has befriended me. I used to believe in a balanced lifestyle. I pushed and pulled my daily life to create this ideal. Now I am no longer focused on this achievement. Instead, I am chasing aliveness like a kite must feel the wind. I wish for floating and exhilaration to be part of my journey but I don’t expect it always. I am no longer keeping score of ups and downs and the need for them to equal out weekly. I am taking it as it comes with the hopeful intention of keeping my noticing alive. My noticing of a leaf color like a work of art. My noticing the clouds visiting the sky. My noticing of the tender light of dusk turning even the harsh landscapes golden. Tomorrow will hold a little more darkness yet some nights there will be stars.

tilt neither toward, nor away

acceptance lights us

tonight darkness leans closer

© Ali Grimshaw 2024

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47 thoughts on “Equinox – Poem by Ali Grimshaw”

  6. Just beautiful. I love these lines especially:

    “I am taking it as it comes with the hopeful intention of keeping my noticing alive.”

    “Tomorrow will hold a little more darkness yet some nights there will be stars.” 👌🏼

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  17. beautiful place to be in your life, accepting and noticing and floating as it happens, and a lovely picture as well. when trying so hard to find a perfect balance, one might miss them moments right in front of them.

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  19. Your haibun is so relatable, Ali. I have recently been ‘chasing aliveness like a kite must feel the wind’ and might have overdone it. But I am very happy to notice ‘a leaf color like a work of art’ and ‘the tender light of dusk turning even the harsh landscapes golden’.

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