Words by Terryl

Balance is fluid.
 Energetic,
  adventurous,
   and dynamic.

Balance descends,
like a skier playing with gravity.

Element of Earth.

Balance soars,
like a musician ascending octaves.

Element of Air.

Balance shimmers,
like a sunbeam toying with leaves.

Element of Fire.

Balance ripples,
like a dolphin frolicking with waves.

Element of Water.

I played, and soared, and frolicked, and shimmered.
And, at that fleeting moment of equality that is Ostara,
prayed for balance I could be still in.
A balance that was not my nature.

Ancient wisdom cautions that we take care what we pray for.

Now I am dragged behind long years.
My prayers have been answered,
the stillness I once prayed for
is imposed upon me now.

From the wreckage of this wake I look back
and yearn for the playful, the musical, the ascending,the shimmering, and the frolicking.

The balance of stillness may be peaceful,
it can also ossify and become brittle.

Element of Earth.

The balance of stillness may be quiet,
it can also blow away on a breeze like dust.

Element of Air.

The balance of stillness may be warm,
it can also burn down and smolder to ash.

Element of Fire.

The balance of stillness may be smooth, like a glassy pool,
it can also stagnate and choke with decay.

Element of Water.

Balance is a meditation,
 Solid, unmoving, and static.
  May take itself too seriously,
   stuck reflecting on what has been lost.