Higher vibrations

Like steel toward the things you seek.

Glimpse fragments of your future
small mercies from a presence,
a hand upon your shoulder,
whispering,
Possibilities.

Parents made promises,
Sometimes those promises dissolved.
Most of us learned that lesson.

Yet hidden inside that disappointment
was an unexpected gift:
We learned to survive on possibility.

Life,
The power that carries it,
is more complex than imagination can fathom.

That is why rigid religion,
tidy spirituality.
So often fail to bring us close
to the lives we long to live.

Lives with less anxiety.
Lives with a deeper sense of freedom.

Today,
Expectations must remain low,
but never your hope.
Hope belongs to the horizon.

The moment hope climbs the fence
and enters the territory of expectation,
All bets are off.