Birth of a Healer

In times of heaviness, poetry can open a new path forward. Birth of a Healer is about how suffering, transformed with intention, can become a force for healing — for ourselves, and for others.

Birth of a Healer

She rose up as a child, yet not a child

They are all lost children, the Spirit told her
I will lose my childhood, she told the Spirit

And still she stepped forth, and became girl-woman
She sacrificed innocence, and wonder, and discovery
Because she was born KNOWING

While the man-child and the woman-child fell helplessly at her feet
They dissolved into dust
They let their souls decay

The girl-woman consumed the ashes of their despair, and she learned their pain, their mistakes, their truth

The girl woman was already on a different path
She had talked to the Spirit
She was born KNOWING
She did not need their ashes

But, someone else will need those truths
So she carries them.
Ready.

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The Poem in Voice and Image

I recorded Birth of a Healer with harp music and mountain scenery — the landscape that holds so much of my own healing journey.

Take the Poem Home

If you’d like to bring Birth of a Healer into your own space, I’ve created fine art prints featuring C. Jacobsen’s hand-lettered calligraphy of the poem. Each print is hand-signed, making it a meaningful keepsake or gift.

A Note of Gratitude

Thank you for letting me share this piece of my journey with you. May it offer a moment of stillness — and perhaps even spark your own healing.