The only advice I have for you
is to not fix the wound.
The sirens of your pain will call you in
again and again,
please stop resisting them.
When you allow this deep dive
to retrieve your laughter, your tears,
your prayers, your song, your poetry
you are communicating the language of soul
to this forgetful world.
“The Wound” by Chelan Harkin in Susceptible to Light
This poem was shared by Lauren Van Ham at a workshop on Deep Adaptation at the 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago.
Published by John Halstead
John Halstead is the author of *Another End of the World is Possible*, in which he explores what it would really mean for our relationship with the natural world if we were to admit that we are doomed. John is a native of the southern Laurentian bioregion and lives in Northwest Indiana, near Chicago. He is a co-founder of 350 Indiana-Calumet, which worked to organize resistance to the fossil fuel industry in the Region. John was the principal facilitator of “A Pagan Community Statement on the Environment.” He strives to live up to the challenge posed by the Statement through his writing and activism. John has written for numerous online platforms, including Patheos, Huffington Post, PrayWithYourFeet.org, and Gods & Radicals. He is Editor-at-Large of HumanisticPaganism.com. John also facilitates climate grief support groups climate grief support groups affiliated with the Good Grief Network.
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