Look Within

All petals open, the blossom shares its face with the world.
Its eyes connecting to yours.

She takes in the gentle breeze,
the touch of a raindrop, and
the warmth of the sun.

Enduring storms, embracing darkness,
she grows down...down to gather,
water and minerals, to awaken to another day.

Look within and see.

See into your Soul.
into the core of you,
into your stem of magnificence,
where beauty is created.

Drink in the nourishment, 
sooth each cell,
each need, each desire
and rise.

Rise up.

Reach for the sky, and blossom into
the radiance of who you are.

July-August 1995, wlg
written for massage graduation ceremony from PMTI