“Altar of Your Life”
by Tehya Sky

When the fire of love burns in your heart,
everything you say leads you on the path.

Sit beside that fire.
Be warmed by it.
Let it burn away the questions.

Let that fire sit in the center of the altar of your life,
in the middle of the compass,
just like that.

Listen to it as it
reminds you 
Who you are,
Where you come from,
Where you are going. listen to it as it reminds you
of your Self.

Again and again, return to it 
In shadowy nights—when you forget, 
let it ignite you with the secrets of your soul.

Be the hearth of your own desire.
Let the flames be fanned by your witnessing breath 
Disappear into the molten smolder of your unfolding,
and be reborn—
for it was only ever your own heart begging for itself.

"Altar of Your Life" poem by Tehya Sky

Happy for no fucking reason.⁣⁣
Or because I let my body move as it wants.⁣⁣
Or because Saturn is off my back–for now.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Or because I meditated.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Or because life is beautiful.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Or because there is chocolate in my mouth, ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
tea & water at my side.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Or because grace.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣
⁣The happiness will pass.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
She’s fun though, like a flirty friend, a ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
hummingbird on the move.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣
The joy is something deeper.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
The contentment—the bedrock.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣
⁣⁣⁣⁣Happiness has a way of ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
shooting up from the cracks ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
like a brilliant geyser ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
eager to announce itself, ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
a bedazzled teen who simply 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
be the first to shout ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝘚𝘜𝘙𝘗𝘙𝘐𝘚𝘌! at her best friend’s party.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣
Usually, she returns to the earth ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
just as quickly as she came. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
An offspring of an alchemy.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Only the good die young.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Nothing personal.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣
⁣⁣⁣⁣The joy is something deeper.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
The contentment—the bedrock.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣
⁣⁣⁣Happy for no fucking reason.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Or because I cried the other day.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Or because I'm being totally honest with myself.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Or because I haven’t looked the other way.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Or because I'm working with my dreams.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Or because this flatbread is so damn good, ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
and the sun is out, and I am alive. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣
⁣⁣⁣The joy is something deeper.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
The contentment—the bedrock.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣
⁣HapPy ⁣⁣⁣
f⁣⁣⁣
o r ⁣⁣⁣
no fuck⁣⁣⁣
ing ⁣⁣⁣
re a⁣⁣
so n.⁣
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-"Happy for No Fucking Reason" by Tehya Sky

“Happy for No Fucking Reason” poem by Tehya Sky

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