Navel of the Earth

Navel of the Earth

"You Better Start Cookin'"

Witnessing sadness and feeding your hunger for more

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Ashley River
Aug 31, 2023
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There have been many times throughout my life where I could feel and see a shadow behind me.

Not one cast by the sun,

or ghastly one to be feared…

Not one vicious or scary at all.

But one that may cling like a dark, weighted cloak, dense and itchy.

Not unfamiliar either, but one I turn my gaze and heart from often.

There it was in meditation and journey work…

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