Poetry By Carolyn Chilton Casas
About Carolyn
Carolyn Chilton Casas is a Reiki Master and teacher. Her favorite themes to write about are awareness, healing, and the life journey. Carolyn's articles and poems have appeared in Braided Way, Energy, Odyssey, Reiki News Magazine, The Art of Healing, Touch and in other publications. You can read more of Carolyn’s work on Instagram at mindfulpoet_ or in her first collection of poems titled Our Shared Breath.
Humble Praise
Thankfulness is a smooth,
round beach stone
I carry in my pocket
and rub as a reminder
of all there is to be grateful for.
Today it’s the one lone bird
who arrives outside my window
giving his all
to usher in the dawn,
and me waking up eager
like a child for what
this impossible day might bring.
For the seven wild turkeys
who show up out of nowhere
with their noisy gobbling.
I sometimes hear their voices
in the distant hills, but never
on this land where I have lived
for nearly thirty years.
For the cactus that blooms
giant ruby blossoms
only this month each year.
Sunlight soaks the petals though,
radiating prismatic hues
of blues and purples.
And for when I feel
I might never write again,
it is a special grace
when the perfect words
come as a quiet whisper
in the middle of the night,
a thread to pluck, half asleep,
and gently pull, the lines
unraveling one-by-one
into the open palm of my mind.
~ Carolyn Chilton Casas
