Let no one cohabitate on your island,
Let them not plant flowers,
Nor trees…
For when they leave, which they always do,
By death…
Or worse, by choice…
All they planted dies.
When their presence dies,
All connected to their arrival,
Time together,
Codepending on your island,
Withers too.
You watch all rot, return to earth,
And sun and darkness.
Far better to stand alone on one island,
Letting them find their way home,
To their own…
Instead of enabling their pretending,
That you were their home,
That you were their staff,
That you were their love…
When you filled them up,
From your shores,
With your fruits,
The fish you worked hard to catch,
With your harvested riches and goods,
They sailed away,
And you turned to find…
Your island is now empty,
Once fertile lands are barren,
Taking years to renew what was stolen –
Your light, your land, your richness.
When you find they took time, energy and light,
Turn back into your island to find it there,
Waiting to regrow…
Your island promises,
That with time, you can birth a new way,
You can replenish and regenerate,
What now feels lost.
You can make yourself whole again,
Without ever needing a person to add,
To what presents as full and enough…
When you sit on your island,
Guard your time,
Own your heart,
Give nothing freely,
Welcome nobody openly,
For you don’t know who they really are,
Until your island is falling apart.
When your island regrows into itself,
When you watch your nature thrive and fruit again,
When you come to feel home and beloved,
Be thankful, that your island is resilient,
Naturally strong and capable,
And learn your learnings,
That time will, and has, done what it was meant to…
Brought you home,
To the one place you need to feel strong,
Safe, and home…
To a place of magical wonder and awe,
To a place made up of only you,
And light and life and fullness of self.
Stay safe now. Stay safe. Stay safe.
Breathe your fresh air,
Water your heart with coconuts,
Fill your already satiated curiosity,
With a love of life itself,
And the vessel sent to live it.
Dip your toes in waters anew,
Jump in when you feel ready…
Go live life when you feel ready,
Be yourself now,
Whole, refreshed, renewed…
And ready to meet a person,
Who stands as strong as you do,
As resilient as you do,
As bravely as you do…
Meet a person with a healthy island,
With love in their soul for themselves.
Place faith in that island floating by,
With perfect timing,
And share in those magical,
Star studded oceans,
A reflection of your infinite potential.
Love can be shared now,
Not given in return for nothing,
Not yearned for and desperately clung to,
Not lived in isolation from the other…
But shared,
Richly, powerfully, and infinitely,
With all who swim by your shores…
Let all pass through,
Touched by your permeating love for yourself,
Reflecting presence, truth and safety.
Let all float by,
Sit in the safety of your sands,
Build no sandcastles with another,
Just grow your island… and stay there.