Life Lived: Poetry by Sarah Burkle
Photography by Ashley M Clayton
Life Lived
Oh life, what a beauty you are!
Light and love-filled
And as my shadow crawls to the surface
I allow the light to creep into the darkest corners
Breathing joy and peace into the pain
Nurturing the aching hearts
Dressing the throbbing wounds
For you are only human
We forgive you for your shame
For your weakness
For your forgetfulness.
Keep opening dear one
Keep stepping forward
You are loved and held always
You are so much stronger than you know
Step into the gray
Be present
Love deeply
Be light.
Sarah Burkle (Worrell) is an artist, writer, mother, and therapist who works at the intersection of science and spirituality, seeking to bring about non-ordinary states of consciousness which have been shown to provide a fundamental environment for deep healing. She earned her master's degree in counseling from Saint Mary's College in 2013, and became certified in MDMA-assisted therapy with MAPS, Integrative Somatic Trauma-Therapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, and Reiki. She owns Non-Ordinary Therapies, a private-practice dedicated to providing quality mental, emotional, and spiritual support to assist people in accessing their deepest levels of self and a richer connection with the world. She also helped co-found Moon Blossom Collective in 2023. Becoming No One: Moments of Divine Spaciousness in a Typically Cluttered Mind is Sarah’s debut poetry collection about the process of awakening. Becoming No One takes readers through a journey of the dark corners of the human mind and finds hope in suffering, as our greatest teacher on the path to enlightenment.