A Lokean Devotional Vignette
“I don’t feel like doing anything,” I confess.
“You are wound too tightly. You need to unwind, darling,” Loki says in answer.
Tag: rest
A Lokean Devotional Vignette
“You do not know to rest for pleasure, and you believe you must work for it instead of sinking down into your senses and enjoying them,” Loki says.
A Lokean Devotional Vignette
“I want a life where I sleep, eat, drink, and play as I need to, and I work because I like to,” I tell him wistfully, daydreaming.
“You already have that, Love. Just listen to your body and your heart as they speak to you,” Loki says.
A Lokean Devotional Vignette
Rest does not mean you cannot do things.
Rest means putting down what can wait and doing what you feel like doing, what refreshes you.
“Rest from. Not rest because,” Loki teaches me.
A Lokean Devotional Vignette
“I am really just pushing myself.”
“Why?” he asks, knowingly.
“For change. I think I need change.”
“Rest is part of new birth, darling,” Loki reminds.
And my shoulders unclench.
I let go.
lavender
dried heads
craving the frost
sleep roots
rest under crust
A Lokean Devotional Vignette
“I’m tired and a little weary,” I mumble to Loki.
“I’m glad that you feel safe enough with me to tell me.
Simple fix, sweetheart. Sleep. Rest.”
A Lokean Devotional Vignette
“Any rest you give yourself will be rewarded,”
Loki reminds me.
A Lokean Devotional Vignette
“Go to sleep.” His words aren’t a request but a promise.
“Just let me finish this.”
Loki moves closer to me and my body warms.
“I’m letting you rest, dear heart. Rest.”
Spent flowers
rest my body.
head wilts back into soft grass,
my hand stills.
I breathe.
The earth carries me
as my wings lift.