The spiral path

To your soul

Is guarded by

A lonely troll.

He endeavors to stop

All who enter–

Who try to grow

And find their center.

It’s not his fault.

He has forgotten

His real, true purpose

Is to show you the button—

The button to press

To open the chamber

That passageway to

Love’s container.

When you’ve mastered

The keys to life’s game

You are ready to pass

Into this flame:

The center of the heart,

The gateway to GOD…

Home is where it leads;

The troll is a fraud.

So, know that he’s there,

Nod when he tries

To keep out what simply

must pass on by.

Sooooo…..

In you are going,

In you must go.

Your destiny awaits you–

At the end of the rainbow.

I wrote this one in 2013, inspired by a spiritual retreat I did in Sedona in 2010, focused on getting into the “sacred chamber of the heart”. I felt it quite hard to get into the deepest spaces of my heart, as if there was a troll guarding the gate, limiting my access, demanding my growth. I didn’t know exactly how to appease him at the time, so I wrote this poem, which provided me with some museful insight. It has became one of my favorite poems that I’ve written. I made this little bit of graphic art to go with it a few years ago.