Lightening the load by francis dorff

The first thing we have to do
is to notice
that we’ve loaded down this camel
with so much baggage
we’ll never get through the desert alive.
Something has to go.

Then we can begin to dump
the thousand things
we’ve brought along
until even the camel has to go
and we’re walking barefoot
on the desert sand.

There’s no telling what will happen then.
But I’ve heard that someone,
walking in this way,
has seen a burning bush.

© Francis Dorff

From Last Night I Died

• What have you loaded down your life with? What has to go? Reflect in your journal.

• What does it mean to you that “even the camel” has to go? What level of release do you sense in these words. And how do you respond, body, mind, and soul?

• After reflecting on release, begin a poem or prose piece with the words, “There’s no telling what will happen then….” See where your intuition and imagination take you.