Down by the River

Down by the river

I shed my skin

let go my tears

dropped my fears

among the stones

splashed my feet

in sacred waters

let them be washed clean.

Out by the tree

I pressed my skin

let go my separateness

dropped my aloneness

among the leaves

rested my feet

in the mosses

let them be soothed clean.

Up in the sky

I exposed my skin

let go my earthly desires

dropped my expectations

among the stars

rested my soul

between nebulae

forever merged in Oneness.