My Soul Speaks to Me… Reflections on 2020
My soul is yearning to be free, light and easy.
My soul is yearning to release the pain and disease of a horrific time.
My body wants to run through fields
Cartwheeling and rolling in the grass
Yipping and screaming and singing a nonsensical song.
My soul is ready to open up and reconnect to my inner child
Pull out my crayons and draw on the walls
Paint a wall with chalkboard paint and play tic tac toe.
My soul is yearning for rest
To get a good night sleep for once.
Not waking at 3 am worrying about face masks, gloves
And whether my handsome tall brown son will be shot in the street
Just for being alive and “fitting the description”.
My soul is yearning for unity.
To link hand in hand with strangers from various lands
Hug everybody and have deep soulful conversations over a chai latte.
Now we get to recreate a world in which
Freedom is for everyone…
Not just those who who look, earn, love and walk a certain way in the world
My soul is yearning to create
A world where we are once again free…
Free to love
Free to embrace
Free to go off on an amazing vacations
With other creative and powerful souls
Free to go to my family for a hearty Thanksgiving.
Hug and kiss all the babies
Eat too much and play games
Whooping and hollering until wee hours of the morning
My soul is ready for change.
My body is weary and electric at the same time
Relieved that good and right is coming back in fashion
Yet tense and poised to fight or flee
Because half the country does not believe I should be free.
My soul is ready to hope…
To create a new reality for future generations
To embrace the feisty young folk who aren’t so jaded
They believe that we can and will create an America we can be proud of.
My soul is ready for joy.
My soul is ready for rest.
My soul is ready to open up again and live.
I’ve been holding my breath and contracted for nearly a year
It’s time to be free.
Trina Ramsey is an executive coach, author, and nonprofit fundraiser. She launched the Just Do You Institute for Women’s Empowerment for women over 40 who are ready to live on their own terms. Learn more at justdoyouinstitute.com