Poetry

Published Poems

Two of my poems (SHE and Sommerfugl) are published in PSPoets E-Book, Earth. Available for purchase HERE

I am working on a collection of poetry to be published sometime in 2021.

Follow me on Instagram @kirstinwrites where I publish new poems weekly.

THE ART OF LIVING

by Kirstin Franklin

The Art of Living

Is not about expanding yourself wide enough to conquer and possess 

It is not about reaching beyond yourself so that you may know more than others

It is not about creating the biggest impact you can possibly make on the planet earth

The Art of Living is not about YOU

It is about living small enough so that you may observe and come to truly see, accept and appreciate all that surrounds you

For it is the observation of love that encourages life to grow 

It is in truly seeing and coming to know the magic and miracles that exist at the end of your own fingertips that invites us all to shine and live to our fullest potential

The Art of Living is about becoming the balancing particle that connects two life forms to the potential that lives in the appreciation and acceptance of one’s unique experience next to another, which, when shared authentically, offers inspiration, beauty and transcendence 

We could spend a million lifetimes seeking to learn the expansive existence of the endless universe beyond what we know and we will never understand any of it because we have not taken the time to appreciate and know that the wonders and expansiveness of the universe also exists exactly where we are 

The same miracle is waiting to be seen, observed, loved and transformed

You need not travel beyond where you stand

For you are the life force to the molecules around you and they the life force to those around them

Be still and know 

The art of Living in this universe is in living the Art of the universal 

We will never change beyond what we observe needs to change, therefore, a life observed is the equation to making change. Live small, create change in the universes that surround you and you will have discovered the art of life.