There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable.
There is a sorrow beyond all grief which leads to joy and a fragility out of whose depths emerges strength.
There is a hollow space too vast for words through which we pass with each loss, out of whose darkness we are sanctioned into being.
There is a cry deeper than all sound whose serrated edges cut the heart as we break open to the place inside which is unbreakable and whole, while learning to sing.
https://rashani.com/arts/poems/poems-by-rashani/the-unbroken
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In the photo, altar created for Session 4 (Anahata) of the Cakra Journey Series, Imagine Yoga Studio, Oregon, May 2019