I Sense Belonging
To Earth
To this crazy whirlwind
Of beautiful Humanity
Beautiful Life
When she bows to me
I bow back
In honor, reverence, love, and appreciation
For we are
Actually
One
Drop the ‘special’
Drop the ‘different’
Drop the fear-based separation
And embrace shared
Shared experience
Shared emotions
Shared feelings of false separation
Let your shields down
And see,
You are
Me
I died yesterday.
And the day before.
When I woke up
You were there
Smiling
And said
‘I’ll see you tomorrow.’
Again, the rolling thunder of my thoughts
Came screaming at me
And I grabbed its mist
Took its sound
And owned its power
Now,
When I wake at night
I am not alone
Anymore
Trust ran into Love yesterday
They had a child together
And called it
Beauty
The rain
She falls
And I see
Tears streaking window pains
Blurring the landscape
So truth can settle
Thru her own way
A mixing of chaos
With thoughtscapes
Thoughtscapes with self
And self with the sky
A big blue marble
Of time
Dimming to relate
And relating to escape
To find comfort
In
This
Present moment
I arrived naked
Here
And then you put clothes,
Costumes
On my baby body
First you wanted a beautiful perfect baby boy
So out comes the blue
The rattle
The toys
And the cute face
Then you wanted a partner
Someone to feel your sorrow, your pain,
To make you feel safe
To make you feel important
And so I hugged you
Learned to say I love you
To console you as you held me to your chest
And ...
Then, you wanted a Rock
Someone who would always be there to comfort you
To mend your sorrows
To need you
To impress you with their perfection
And then I broke
And you still held the perfect
You still held all the old costumes
In my bedroom closet of your mind
And I
Left
You standing
Alone
To find
Your own way
To
Peace
As I find
Mine
He thought and thought
Fought and fought
Until, he had no fight left
And what remained?
A man gone insane?
Yes.
And, he let that be OK
The death of another ego
A flower dropped
A tree born
Man takes time
Crafting his art
Each strike
A breath
A mantra
Each fall of blade
A blessing
Upon
focused
Mind
The Earth carries me lighter
Let these heavy legs thud loud
Upon soil blessed with light
And let this head be still and silent
Restful every night
Let this heart
Sit cradled in love
And let blessings within
Rain all around from above
You touched me deeply
I fought back
You held me
Taking those punches
Between my tears
Why, I asked, do the sore places
Hurt?
Why, I asked, do I fight back?
Why, I asked, do you hold me
With such complete devotion…
Then I realized….
I realize, I’d do the same for you
Anytime
And she held me
As I cried
Delicate streams of yesterdays
Fountains of tomorrows
I wept gently in her arms
Cradles of Acceptance
Loving
Joy
Openness
Kindness
Awareness
She held my Body
While my Spirit wept
Then she held my Spirit
While my Body crumbled
Those thought-forms that created
Yesterdays pains
No-longer cultivated
No longer needed.
And now
I stand
Ready
To be those arms
For others.
So
Many
Others….
He walked into a bar
And said
‘I declare you all to be free!’
And so it was
They raised their glasses and said ‘cheers’
He left
Returned the next day
And said
‘I declare you all are love!’
Cheers...
He left
He returned the following day and said
‘I declare you all to be God!’
Confusion.
He left
Returned the following day
‘I declare you are free.’
Tears
She tasted me
And I let her
I let curiosity overtake my walls
Scale them neatly
In one leap
Effortless
As a Doe
Hopping a fence
For tender shoots
Of springtime tendril passion
And then I was gone
A distant memory of my distant memories
All lost in her sense of inquiry
Lost in her desire to know more
Her desire to learn
What unfolding scents may be held
Deeper
Those places bees would know existed
Normally hidden To us Humans
The crevices of sweet nectar
Sex
Blood
Desire
Art
Passion
Longing
Nature’s wonderful messengers of motivation
Her seed-pods of craving and creativity
Delicious tempting tastes
Awaiting
Eager lips
To explore
Sometimes,
When the light
Cracks
You open
All
There is to do
Is lay down
And stare
At your past mistakes
Transformed
Into
At all the learnings
You’ve come here to acquire
Sometimes
When the light cracks you open
Sleepless nights
Keep internal eyes
Peeled like oranges
Staring at the landscape
Of your tissue’s dreams
All
There is
To do
Is to slip
Into spirit world
And let it happen
Be the artist
You are the canvas
And paint
Tap into your resources
To realize
The implicit beauty
You were brought
To create
Yes, pain happens
Yes, pleasure too
In the end
These are not you
These are experiences
That make life interesting
These are tools
For you to
Enjoy
The art
You make
Yes
You may rest now
Folded in the warmth of
My hands
Take ease
And let your burden sink
Deeply rest
In my lovingness
Allow my radiance
Golden rays of life
Reach around you
Envelope that which is sore
Those parts within
That ache
Let me take them
Hold within my benevolence
My light
And sow release
So that you may understand
Once more
Peace
Let
This body
Teach me
As
An instrument
To be learned
To be
Played
With creativity
In its own dimensions
It’s own boundaries
And share
Beautiful music
With my family
Of life
Hello old friend
I have returned
After long journeys
To distant shores
I’ve learned other languages
Other ways
Other customs
And ways of perceiving
I come back now
As teacher
As friend
To share with you
If you’ll listen
Again
There seems to be more here
Than our minds can grasp
More here than logic
Locks with its rusty hasp
Some deeper river
Subterranean courseway
A connection beyond
The wrong way
Or rightway
I return to you now
Human and holly
Knowing the purpose
Of this story
Dwell in your tissue
Dwell in your joy
Remember your sorrows
As a little boy
Remember them with understanding
A tributary of love
Coursed from that Earth river
A gift from above
Let it flow
And then...
You too
Will finally know.
Patience and persistence, routine and guillotine
The words come from far off places
Distant lands
Familiar faces
Sourced in depths of me
Depths of you
Depths of humanity
Deeply buried wisdom
Excavated with breath
Sinking into body,
Here I find rest
Smile
Breathe
Listen
Accept
Smile
Repeat
She slipped down
Into her satin bed
The moon sinking into
Her lover’s ocean
He took a bite of her
That morning
A partial eclipse
Of her gibbous Air
Borrowed his light back
With the help of earth
And The Earth
In return
Sent blessings of calm
Ripples of still air
Delight
That warm kind of texture
That only tropical paradises
Know
That warm kind of texture
They call
The after-glow
The moon dipped her head
In sweet reverence
An appreciation
Of his patience
A new Birth
Composite holograph
Ever emerging
From within
Memories of Self
We are our memories
And we are much more
We are the composite programming
Of our experiences
And our Ancestor’s experiences
This depth
This unfathomable depth
Of all Consciousness
Reaches in
Out
And around
To proclaim its own form
We call Life