Act of Love

Well, yesterday I promised you a poem here – and thought I´ll find an older one that I haven´t shared yet. But then it was today during a seemingly mundane activity that a brandnew poem came to me.

Usually I don´t post these right away but let them sit and go back to edit the poem if necessary.

But today I felt that I wanted to share it right away in the spirit of love in which it came to me… I also feel I won´t really edit it anymore because in some way it feels quite complete.

Anyway, here is a video of me sharing the poem and below you find the written poem.

Let me know if you enjoyed it! : )

I remember
my grandma
absorbed in soap
water, washing
green leaves
Washing scale
insects off
the plants she
loves, so much
That she is
bending, kneeling
for hours
absorbed in an
Act of devotion
She is a
Gardener, she is
A garden now
As I remember her
Kneeling on the
hot tiles of the terrace
me, absorbed in soap
water, washing off
Scale insects
from the giant green
of the 

Monstera plant
that is not mine
But the one
your grandmother
grew and tended to
None of our grandmothers
are here anymore
Both of our grandmothers
are here,
Right now
in an act of love

I am Chrischa: Artist, Poet and Embodiment coach. I work at the intersection of Creativity, Embodiment (practices that work with and foster the body-mind-connection) and Inner Transformation.

Through my classes, workshops and 1:1 coaching, I help women to feel more at home in their body, more connected and alive, to give space to their creativity and to dare to be and express themselves in all their wonderful facets.

https://chrischavenus.de
(the website is in German but I´ve offers for English speakers, too)

I´m also creating artist/poetry publications that you can find and purchase here