Poetic Pause: “Eternal Mystery”
Empty open free
Passing energy
Through biology
From sky to deepest sea
Permeating all
Even when you fall
In stillness it will call
Breaking down the wall
Past taught “you” and “me”
Moving now to “we”
Learning just to be
Eternal mystery
(from volume 2 of my anthology)
Poetic Pause: “Wholeness”
Where I am whole, you are whole too
We are different aspects of the same one life.
When we meet here in this place
We see our own reflection.
What aspect of yourself do you see
When you look at me?
(from volume 2 of my anthology)
Poetic Pause: “Empty Grace”
Sometimes we emphasize
The beauty of the flowers
Other times
The beauty of the vase
While all the while
What’s left unseen
Is the stillness
That holds them with grace
(from volume 2 of my anthology)
Poetic Pause: “For My Mom”
When you see a bird,
you instantly get still,
and watch and listen
with your whole body.
He sings a song and flits off.
He is a messenger from life
reminding you to be still,
and watch and listen
with your whole body.
When you see a flower,
you drink in its beauty.
You pick it because
you want that beauty in your life.
But the flower’s true beauty
isn’t its color or its structure or its scent.
It’s the peaceful way it approaches life.
It is a messenger from life,
reminding you to live peacefully.
(from my anthology)
Poetic Pause: “Released”
Expanding trust
A windy gust
Rustling sunny trees
Warmth and grace
Upon my face
Innocently please
Poetic Pause: “Perfection”
Listen to the silence behind the sound.
Life is not about being comfortable,
Comfort does not challenge us to learn and grow.
Life is about experiencing:
+ Hot and cold
+ Good and bad
+ Having and longing
+ Passion and indifference
+ Happiness and suffering
+ Beauty and unpleasantness
+ Hopefulness and hopelessness
Until we realize the perfection of each,
That without the other, the one could not exist.
Until we realize that life simply is,
And we become one with it.
Listen to the eternal silence.
(the first poem from my anthology)
Poetic Pause: “Lightening”
Wandering in the darkness, enjoying the sultry sound of solitude.
Directionless, but not scared the way I once was.
Awareness of the fine golden thread woven throughout the scene.
Plucking that thread will break it: Dancing with it instead.
Echoes of joyful sincerity, openness, and willingness carry this weary traveler in full surrender to its beautiful music.
BAM! Lightening!
In that flash, the next sign post stands revealed, and I am off running once more!
Live Deeply
The oppressive dunes of heartache are contained within the life-affirming ocean of bliss.
Taking Flight
Sometimes we are the tree, and other times we are the petal of the cherry blossom carried off by the wind.
Illogical Embrace
Breathing soft depth, wisdom silently comforts the golden sparkle of logic as it screams and cries and storms through its densely wooded home.
Radiant Darkness
Frolicking amidst the smoky grey home of innocence, radiant darkness met itself and the two went outside to play.
Morning Glory
Fearlessly open, exposing your innermost beauty to the profound warmth of the generous sun. Breathe deeply, swallowing whole the intoxicating fragrance arising from your birth. Now die, smiling brazenly as the silent dusk compassionately traces your fading illustrious face.
White Hot
The warmth of your coldness is hotter than any sun ever was.
Signpost To Nowhere
Courageously, appreciation sprouts from the pestilent turmoil of fear, giving way to a startled flowering of gratitude.
Opening to Truth
Opening a window makes possible an experience of truth…beyond the thought of what is true…about the temperature outside.
In much the same way, when one opens to the possibility that what is believed to be true may not be entirely true, authentic discovery of Truth becomes possible, as does healing.
Opening a window
Makes possible
An experience of Truth
Beyond the
Thought
Of what is true
About the temperature
Outside