Jaguar Song: Poetry & Art by Sarah Burkle
The Jaguar's Song
Her black fur glistens
Even in the dark of the moon
The low growl rumbling in soft waves
Gently lapping at my soul
Full of power
My form begins to crumble
Slow at first
Then with a ferocious tumbling away
Her face appears before me
Hot breath and sharp teeth tearing my skin
Blood hot and full
Form draining away
The sharp claws and deformed body of fear envelop
Bury
But I keep my eyes open
Filling with grit and gruesome burning
Choking
Accepting
Then embracing
Interwoven into one
And it shines forth from the depths
Moves forward from the space behind
Eternal bliss and endless peace
Dark to waxing to full
Cycling through again and again
I see it all
Am it all
Am nothing, no thing
Formless divinity
Awakening
Reborn
Or maybe not...
Maybe simply here
Wherever here is.
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.