MAY 2018 EDA INCLUSIVE! CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, PART 3: BY JEWEL

Hello my lovelies, 

It seems like it has been awhile since I have written.  I have been moving at lightning speed - and so much has happened! 

The Cirque show was such a wonderful endeavor - I really loved being a part of that special show.  And having my life story told in that manner was unreal. The artists and performers were all so focused and professional and down to earth. They worked hard and brought so much heart and talent - it was very humbling to be a part of... 

I wanted the show to transcend the details of my life, and talk about the struggles we all have in life. So the directors and I decided to stick to universal themes - love, loss, betrayal, forgiveness and finding love again... 

I wanted to drive home the idea that love, like water, is a renewable source - if we know where to look for it, and how to care for it.  

I wanted to remind people that we are The Source.  That love does not exist outside of us.  It lives inside of us.  

That has been the journey of my life...  After so many years of expecting others to fill a hole in me... For others to love me or tell me I am worthy, I finally realized I am the source.  There is a universal wellspring in me - in all of us - that we need only recognize to find our own happiness.  

I wanted to share a few poems with you from the show, since many of you were not able to make it.  These poems have never been published, and were written specifically for the show.  They served as the only dialogue in the show, and were the loose narrative to help set up each scene or song performed.

I put them in the show running order, so you can get a feel for the flow, and how it ended...  I placed the song title in front of the poem, so you can see which poem was matched to which song.  I recited the poem first, and then I sang the song..  

My favorite is the end of the last poem, that led into Hands. It is a message I hope we all can remember. 

I hope you enjoy them.

Love to you all, Jewel

THE SOURCE

Love

Is like water 
With it we flourish 
Without it 
We suffer

A long time ago
A lie was whispered
It spoke of scarcity 
As if we were separate 
From The Source

And so each of us 
Fall from our own gardens
In our own way
Into a baron and dry landscape 
Thirsting

Embarking on a quest 
Of The Great Remembering

The truth is
Love is in me 
What I sought for outside myself
This treasure that alluded me 
That I so desperately wanted 
For which I made deals 
And compromise and bargain
Lived in me already

We are The Source

When we remember this 
All things come alive 
All life springs forth 
The desert disappears 
Our thirsting is quenched 
And we are able to love 
Not only our selves 
But care for all things
With generosity

This is my story 
But it is everyone’s story 
Disowning the lie 
Remembering The Secret

We are love 
No one can take it from us 
No thief can steal happiness
These are our own 
To steward and foster

Look inside 
It’s there 
The Universal Spring 
From which we all rise 
In which we move and have our being

But sometimes to find it 
We must lose it first

Sometimes to remember 
We must forget

And from such darkness
Can we finally
See 
Our Light 

---Written by Jewel 12/25/17

ANGEL STANDING BY

Little one 
No one to have your back
but you can learn 
to have your own

Remember:
You may be lonely
but you are never 
alone

FOOLISH GAMES

In fairy tales 
we are taught 
to search outside ourselves 
for love 

That someone else 
completes us.

But our outer thirsting 
can only be quenched 
by the internal spring

The circle ends 
and begins 
with us

STANDING STILL

BETRAYAL: 
A puzzle of stars
That breathes like water
And chews like stone

ALONE: 
A reminder
Of how far acceptance is 
From understanding

FEAR:
A bird 
The believes itself 
Into extinction

HEARTBREAK:
Learning 
The difference 
between dreaming 
and pretending

LIITLE ONE! MIGRATE! 
Only the eye 
Turned inward 
Can see the Unseen Path 
Your own soul’s trajectory

Keep your eye 
Turned inward 
And oh, the places you’ll go!

—— Alternate that has never been seen, and wasn’t used:

LITTLE ONE!
We each migrate 
towards purpose 
In our own unique way 
The line might be crooked 
Or straight 
With time we learn 
To turn an eye inward 
To see that unseen path 
So that we might arrive 
At the door step of our destiny 
Remembering 
We are at once 
the creator 
And the created

HANDS

There has never been 
any more or any less 
water on the planet
than there is today.

What form its in 
simply changes.
Is it frozen 
on a snowy mountain?
Salty in the ocean? 
Rising in vapors 
to rain down? 
Is it filled with filth
in a ditch
Or flowing from clean rivers 
to drink?

It’s how 
we take care 
of the source 
that matters.

There is no more 
or less 
love 
in the world 
than there has ever been.

What form it’s in 
simply changes. 
Is It frozen in grief? 
Is it in a flood of anger? 
Does it need to be thawed 
by forgiveness 
so it can flow 
once again into your life?

It’s how we tend 
to The Source 
that matters.

We are always craving 
The Source.

And it’s always 
everywhere.

Walk with Peace
And Peace becomes you. 
Speak with Beauty 
And Beauty surrounds you.
Act with kindness 
And kindness finds you.

(Make something beautiful 
with your broken things.)

All poems written by Jewel 
© Jewel 2/2/18