Anaphase II Publishing--Heart Wide Open by Mary Griffith

Heart Wide Open
Inspirational Poems for Healing
by
Mary Griffith

ISBN 0-945962-32-0
by Mary Griffith

“Heart Wide Open is poetry to touch the soul.”

—Ron Rathbun, author of
The Way Is Within
and The Kelee

“Mary Griffith’s Heart Wide Open demonstrates grace, rawness, confidence, and ease.

It’s rare to read such transparent work, and it’s refreshingly exciting.”

— Jenny Ward, author of
Who Said So?

Read poems from
Heart Wide Open

Anaphase II Publishing
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2739 Wightman Street
San Diego, CA USA

Transforming pain and fear into forgiveness and love can help heal the heart to experience the truth of who we are. We are all worthy of feeling good about ourselves and deserve to love and be loved. It starts with self-acceptance.

Being honest with ourselves and forgiving the past can break the barriers to living a fulfilled life. We are not alone. Join author (yoga and meditation practitioner) Mary Griffith on a journey to open your heart.

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Heart Wide Open
Inspirational Poems for Healing

Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Preface

Chapter One

Freedom

Strings of My Soul

Free

Our Dream

Going Home

Open Up

Veil Lifted

A Child Has Awakened

Balance

Haiku

Chapter Two

Growing Pains

Get Real

Honeysuckle

Resistance

A Star Is Born

Balboa

I Love You, But

Too Much

Sickness

Finding Religion

Not Right

Downward Streams

Wrong!

Not Okay

Awareness

A Weed?

Lonely Mailboxes

Escape

Love Affair

Moonlight

High and Low

Cotton Candy

Darkness to Light

Chapter Three

Hope

Healing Hearts

Who Said So?

A Child

Angels

Forgiveness

Winged Glory

Life

New Day

Pen On Paper

Chop Wood, Carry Water

Zen

Flow

Chapter Four

Collective Souls

Kindred Spirits

Alexa

Baby Rane

Be In Your Body

Bobbi

Cindy Lou

Dragonfly

Evelyn

Gil

Glen

Helen Hope

Jenny

Mary

Melinda

Monica

Moon Goddess

Morgan

Richard

Ron

Music Man

Ernie

Goof

Dusty

Timmy

Daddy, I Love You

The Gypsy and The Captain

Chapter Five

Love

Illusion

I Am Me

I Love Me More

Love Heals

Whisper

Choices

Best Friend

Meditation

Soul Search

Heart Wide Open

Yoga

Affirmations

Got Love?

About the Author
References

About The Author

Mary Griffith grew up in Southern California. Broken marriages, mental illness, alcoholism, low self-esteem, and financial instability were part of life. She found freedom and comfort in dance, music, writing, and drawing.

Writing poetry is a personal expression that comes from her heart. Practicing meditation and yoga has led Mary on an inward path uncovering the truth and love that is within.

She is certified by the Kelee Meditation Center and Yoga Studio Carlsbad, registered with Yoga Alliance, and currently teaches meditation and yoga in San Diego County.

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Selected Poems from Heart Wide Open

(from Chapter 2—Growing Pains, page 18)

A Star is Born
Trust little one, trust they won’t take
Mommy away for good
Only for a little while
It was nothing you did
You were not bad
Be not sad
Mommy will be glad to see you
There you are
Listening to guitar
Playing pool, this is cool
Fresca from the soda machine
Don’t even like it but bottle is green
Sister is a traitor, never comes
Daddy is helpless, no control, he confesses
“What do you want me to do?”
I can’t believe the mess
I know what’s best
It’s my job to make it all right
Fright, fight, tight, might
I whittle myself away
Soon I know not who I am
I become a sponge soaking up messes
Hiding in dresses
Make believe I’m a star
A star cannot be touched high in the sky
Away from the earth
Where worms eat dirt
No one can touch me
Not even me

(from Chapter 3—Hope, page 49)

Zen
African violets
Sing while
I do dishes

(from Chapter 5—Love, page 90)

Heart Wide Open
Heart wide open full of love
Melting down the compartments of dysfunction
Feeling defensive less and less
Doing what feels best for me
I am worth my time
Others can take care of themselves
Books on shelves
Hold knowledge no more sacred than what is within my own soul
I know for the first time I am free
Free from debris that keeps me from the truth
The truth of who and what I am
Not to become but uncover what’s already there
Share, love, laugh, stillness
Joy, peace
Such a relief
To be on the right path