I Wish I'd Written This

I Trust My Truth

By Tanya Levy

I trust my truth


Even if my truth goes against the group


I trust it


Even if my truth allows a chance to grow into the unknown


I trust it


Even if I am off center and need to ground again


I trust it


Even if I keep it to myself


I trust it


Even if I shout it from the mountaintop or write it upon a page


I trust it

When I honour my intuition it allows my truth air to breathe


When I honour my intuition I find my own center


When I honour my intuition I can be totally myself


Vulnerable and open in each moment

I release what is not my own


I allow myself to remember


I am born of stars and moonbeams


Soil touches my feet and leaves sprout in abundance


Balls of blessed energy and helpers of all dimensions surround me

I remember to trust my truth


As it flows in abundance in all directions and is trusted by all elements


I let my truth out to breathe and leap to the heavens


So healing can get through on earth

I remember to remember


All the things Sacred 


All the things known and unknown


All the things written upon skin, sinew, heart tissue


Tongue and teeth


All the things written bone on bone


All the things felt in our tissue


All the music that sings upon the wind


And settles upon the water


All the words of the animals and songs of the birds


All the messages coming to me from all energetic beings


All that is, was and will be

My truth is universal, sacred, and personal


Known and unknown


Mysterious and hidden in plain sight


Held within one raindrop and written in each


Tree trunk


In each blade of grass


Each leaf that falls


I trust my truth for it speaks


Most loudly in the silence


And most deeply in the heart

© Tanya Levy 
September 24, 2015

When I selected this poem, the terrorist attacks in Paris had not yet happened. In the light of them, and their aftermath, it seems now more important than ever to follow our own truth, not a received truth imposed by others (not indoctrination, not brainwashing, not public opinion, etc.). 

Tanya Levy is a counsellor, a writer and a photographer. She says she enjoys taking pictures of heart-shaped clouds, nature and light; and that, from the age of two, she had a journal and pen in her hand – which has not changed. Known for humour, sensitivity and passion, she also has a love of signs and synchronicity. 

You can find her taking random sky photos in shopping marts and writing poetry on coffee shop napkins, or at her facebook page. Also she has recently opened an etsy shop.

I know her online, through a facebook poetry group. She writes in various styles and forms, including micropoetry. 

Some of her longer poems, like this one, are also meditations. I appreciate this one in both ways, and enjoy the powerful use of repetition. She also creates pieces which are intended specifically as meditations. This photo of her, with a radiant smile and the light above her, seems very appropriate! 

You can hear her speaking some of her work on Soundcloud, or on YouTube. 

I enjoy her light-filled photos too –

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