Beautiful poem, Finding What You Didn’t Lose by John Fox. More info about his work can be found here: Poetic Medicine
Finding What You Didn’t Lose
When someone deeply listens to you
it is like holding out a dented cup
you’ve had since childhood
and watching it fill up with
cold, fresh water.
When it balances on top of the brim,
you are understood.
When it overflows and touches your skin,
you are loved.
When someone deeply listens to you,
the room where you stay
starts a new life
and the place where you wrote
your first poem
begins to glow in your mind’s eye.
It is as if gold has been discovered!
When someone deeply listens to you,
your bare feet are on the earth
and a beloved land that seemed distant
is now at home within you.
~ John Fox ~
This poem reminds me something written by Rumi, the 13th century Sufi poet:
Why do you search
For a loaf of bread?
When there is an
Enormous bakery
On top of your head.
Who might you deeply listen to today?