Being Here – Day 52
Being Here – Poem Day 52
Poem – When I move between standing out and disappearing
In the last two days, we explored two directions of Emotional Complex 6 (Status & hierarchy):
– striving to hold position, when it is over-activated
– shrinking to stay safe, when it is under-activated
Today’s poem works with something more subtle —
the movement between them, when it is oscillating.
There can be days of visibility.
Energy forward.
Voice steady.
And then days of withdrawal.
Silence.
Distance.
Reduced presence.
This fluctuation does not always feel intentional.
It can feel unpredictable.
The nervous system may treat this oscillation as instability —
as if presence must be fixed to be safe.
Today’s poem does not push confidence.
It does not promote humility.
It does not ask for consistency.
Instead, it offers something steadier:
that presence can change shape without becoming fragile.
That stepping forward and stepping back can both belong.
Nothing needs to be decided while listening.
The sequence carries itself.
Pause.
If anything lingers or feels activating after listening, you might try one small thing — only if it feels helpful.
Let your feet feel the ground beneath them for a moment.
Nothing else is required.
Warmly,
Per
Poem – When I move between standing out and disappearing
There is space here to be seen and to step back. Nothing needs to settle into one position.
The body is already supported, able to rise into view and to ease back without losing its ground.
Awareness widens to include the movement — the moment of stepping forward, the moment of retreat, both held equally.
Muscles adjust naturally, not bracing to perform, not collapsing to hide, responding to what’s needed.
Breath continues without preference, moving through exposure and through privacy, steady throughout.
Warmth stays present, not flaring to impress, not dimming to disappear, contained and reliable.
The chest doesn’t have to commit to being open or closed. It can remain responsive, meeting each moment as it arrives.
The impulse to show yourself is allowed without becoming display. The impulse to withdraw is allowed without becoming erasure.
The body learns that visibility and rest can alternate without threatening worth.
There is a sense of staying with yourself through appearing and receding, a continuity beneath the change.
This moment does not ask you to choose how much space to take.
You remain here, inside a body that can appear and step back, be noticed and be private, without losing its place.
For now, that is enough.
