Poetry by the Sea: Trees in Chinatown, Dixon Street

we live in fucked up times that continue to astound and devastate me.

the way that things are, is not working.

I observe so much devastation, sadness, mania, anger, depression, and powerlessness in our world. On trains and buses. In offices, schools, hospitals and shopping centers.

This poem is a tiny window into the emotions of experience at the time of its creation. It speaks to the magic and the power of trees.

I often find myself seeking out the company of trees.

There was this immense and beautiful tree outside a little barbeque place in Chinatown, we had a discourse that changed the trajectory of how I was feeling. Trees have such an innate and immense intelligence, wisdom and power. They are powerful and relentless in their presence and their ability to hold truth.

Whenever I feel far away from my own being, my own truth; the touch of a tree brings me back to my wholeness. I breathe with them.

I think I was a tree in another life.

Shout out to our Tree brothers and sisters. Mothers and Grandmothers. Fathers and Grandfathers. Thank you for the oxygen. Thank you for the patience. Thank you for the space and the friendship. My life is unimaginable without you.

The relentless cycles of disconnection in our world offers an empowering opportunity to gather, to commune, to build anew. To co-create spaces where we can speak to the mountain and move it with our collective truth, strength, and vulnerability.

To create ecosystems and life structures that are life-sustaining. To work with our Earth. To work with each other and to step into the deepest truth of our beings.

Over the last three years, I've had the privilege of unpacking the heftiness of my human experience. Experiencing the responsibility of truth in my own life and in the lives of those around me.

I started my journey into the internal landscapes of my consciousness after meeting my friend, Mac. He runs a beautiful crystal stargate shop in Rozelle.

and meeting Yemi Penn, an incredible human who I had the privilege of being mentored for a short while.

I began this journey after the pandemic. After living a life fueled by traumatisation, and reactionary living, addiction, fear and stuckness. Through these deeply nourishing mentorships, I learned some key and valuable energetic tools to help unpack my experience of this life.

GRATITUDE

LOVE

COMPASSION

FORGIVENESS

to name a few.

They seem obvious, and intellectually, i believe we have an understanding of what they mean. but more than that. They are truths we can generate with our HEART. To live our lives from a place of power and truth.

It is a simultaneously liberating and immense responsibility that calls upon us to embody the deepest callings of our lives. To do the work to unveil the darkness within and transform it into medicine.

To live from a marriage of our brain and heart.

Masculine and feminine within and around ourselves.

To delve deeply into the psyche and find what prevents us from living and soaring into open-heartedness. To bridge the divides within ourselves so that we can bridge the divides in our world.

I am constantly unveiling myself. TLDR: Scooby doo unmasking, spiderman-it-was-me-all-along-energy-meme typa shit.

The deeper you explore yourself, the more you recognise and dissolve the darkness that leads us to act and react in relentless cycles. Owning our emotions, actions and our power. We can reclaim our world and craft a future that speaks to more than we've inherited.

When we take the time to master ourselves, we let the truth of our being guide us. We allow the mountain within to nourish our journey and to connect ourselves to the soul of the world.

I am growing braver with my truth. I share from wholeness and not depletedness. I will continue unveiling myself with a swiftness and lovingness that makes me proud to be who I am.

Thank you for joining me on this journey. If you have any questions or a burning desire to actuate a vision of truth in your life. Get in touch.

On a final note:

here are some lyrics of a song by ((( O ))) that spoke to me and I listened to while writing this.

In these fucked up times yeah

In these fucked up times yeah

Fucked up killer's fucked up lives

Wanna do shit? No one's got time

I wanna do it, but I just might die

Guess I gotta activate my past lives

I'm going ninja mode

Going secret agent

Goin' atlantis

I'm egyptian

I'm pyramid

Black panther next

My element

I do it for these fucked up times

(opera-esque laughter)

In these fucked up time yеah

In these fucked up timеs yeah

In these fucked up times..

Guess I gotta activate my past lives.

For the Earth, the cosmos and each other.

V.