floating weightless
I watch two lifeguards
change places, ground to tower
first
all bodies counted
all bodies noticed
all bodies
mine has waited
years upon years
for me to notice
belly breath
for me to return
heart filled
welcome back
we say
together
reunited
Love this !!
Thank you! It feels so good to find movement I enjoy again.
Welcome back, indeed!
This was such a hopeful piece! Beautifully written 😀
Thank you so much, Tom! I’m really enjoying daily swimming again.
Nice, Bridgette 🌻
Thank you! I just found your comment in my Spam folder. So weird. 🙂
Probably too short of a comment. I think brevity is a flag.
I very much like the notion you opened here, body & body, and mind & body, coming home. This is waking meditation doing what only it can do best. Water is a powerful medium. Belly breath, I like that phrase.
Thank you. It’s been a long time since I felt connected with my body. Opening my body to breathing deeply again feels like a beginning. How many of those do we get? Seems like more than we recognize.
wonderful
Okay girl! Get it.
This is the first time in my life that movement is not a punishment and isn’t to “lose weight.” It’s simply to feel stronger and more in my body. I’m learning. ❤️
I’ve been walking. It feels good to move my body. Getting strong.
Love that!!
What a lovely water belly breath
for me to return
heart filled!
Nice written words in.
Glad you liked it. Thank you.
Most welcome 🤗!
What a great poem.
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
Lovely verse and image Bridgette!
I’m so glad you liked it. Thank you!
Bridgette, when we start out on any new journey whatever it maybe,we all inhale confidence and exhale doubt, hoping not only to fit in but to get counted with everyone else.the words floating weightless and years to be noticed touch me. everybody wants to be love because when we are loved we are respected and cared for, filling our hearts with joy ☺️ enjoy your weekend 😁❤️
You always leave such kind and thoughtful comments. Thank you. Enjoy your weekend too!
I made a mistake the line should have said everybody wants to loved sorry ☺️
I understood what you meant ❤️
Bridgette, you’ve gorgeously captured the transformative journey of self-awareness and acceptance and conveyed the profound experience of reconnecting with oneself… Just excellent…
~David
That’s so very kind of you to say, David. Thank you ❤️
Dearest Bridgette, I’m sorry for my absence from your blog and for not emailing for ages. I’ve been ill for some months but am slowly and steadily making good progress now.
Your words here are just beautiful. I’m glad you are enjoying the water to connect with yourself again.
I was taught to belly breathe by a yoga teacher a long time ago. However, I don’t practise it enough, and I’m more than a little rusty. It’s a good thing to do, and thank you for the reminder within your lovely words for me to start doing that again.
How are you keeping these days? And how is your daughter doing now? I hope your son and partner are well, too. Do feel free to email me if you’d rather not share this personal information publicly. With much love and hugs, dear friend. Xxx 💓🌹💓
Hi Ellie! Everyone is doing well, thank you. Take care of yourself. I wish you healing and love. ❤️❤️❤️
I’m so glad you are all well, Bridgette. I hope that life is treating you kindly. I’m feeling much better now. Each day that goes by, I can see myself moving forward instead of backwards like I have been over the last year or more. It’s good to be able to write again, although my concentration for reading isn’t as good as it was yet, but I’ll get there. Thank you for your wishes for healing and for your love. Do look after yourself. Much love and hugs ~ Ellie xxx 💓🥰💓
Beautifully crafted. 🙏👍
Thank you so much.
Absolutely love this
I’m so glad! Thank you.
This is so calming, Bridgette. It is also very profound. I love your talent!
You are so kind! Thank you.
Of course!
Oh, love your content. Thanks 😊 for sharing 🥰❤
Thank you for the kind words.
a beautiful poem about personal re-integration, Bridgette; celebratory and moving —
Thank you! Yes, it’s been a time of renewal and growth for me.
I’ve got a bit of renewal going on myself so this one resonated 🙂
I sure like that photo! Wow….
I’m so glad! Thank you. I’m really enjoying reconnecting with water.
Reunited. Forever.
Amidst the waves,
we find solace,
in each other’s embrace.
Thank you for this beautiful response 🙂
I like the sense of calmness that the photo infuses into the poem, and the hope found in the words themselves.
Nice work
Thanks!
Stunning and rewarding
How kind! Thank you.
Appreciate you and peace
What a quietly beautiful poem. Its simplicity carries a profound truth: the journey back to ourselves can take years, yet the reunion feels both tender and immediate.
Aww! Thank you for reading this and for the kind words. I feel like I’m always retuning to self, which must mean I’m always leaving self…that’s something to think about.