One night last week, with the husband out of town and the kid in bed, I started to watch the Ted Channel on the Roku. Ted talk after Ted talk… about social issues, the environment and Mysteries, like The Giant Squid! 

Here’s what that inspired:

 

Go down there in the deep.

See what lurks, what lives.

Don’t be afraid

and stay on the sparkly surface

where light bounces happily on the wave tips.

Bring a light and go see

other creatures.

We’ve only explored 5% of the oceans’ depths.

Surely we are as deep.

 

What’s down there…

resentments,

the need to control,

fears

of being left or unwanted?

i would say No.

i would think positive thoughts.

I know better.

I know there is self doubt, shame, striving to be loved.

 

And that they all have a right

to their Magnificent Existence…

the fears,

the desires that bob and dive,

the 2-story tall giant squid and the playful porpoise

and everyone in between.

 

 

 

What’s your Giant Squid?