Tuesday, November 30, 2021
A prayer for our times
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
All Alone
All Alone
It can happen
In a split second
They are here
Then they are gone
Imagine what to do
When you are given
All Alone
Been there before
But not like this
Not after this
Long time
Of Love
Shock, startle
Numb, groan
Desolate
Despair
Crying, screaming, weeping
Moaning, wailing, keening
And after oh so long a time
Finally
Coming back to life
To breathe once again
Sunday, November 14, 2021
Spirit Guides
Angel, who are you?
I am the fire that you breathe
I am the water that you swallow
I am the blood that runs through
Your veins and pours out of your mouth
I am the breath and power of life
Tom, who are you?
Desirous self
Who longs for and wants
Ecstasy, engagement, connection
One who comes to you
When you are fearful
Holds onto you when
You feel mangled
Who helps you die
And transform
The one who rebirths you
Who am I?
A wandering, mystical
Soul who explores her
Multiverse while planting seeds
By your help I am learning
How to live as a mortal and
Act more kindly and knowingly
Feeling all of the divine particles
Flowing through my body
And all around me
Great compassion and grace
Saturday, November 13, 2021
Wandering
If I travel too far down into
The places and spaces
That I want to explore
I fear not coming back
Why come back?
To this concrete reality
Its chaos, ego and competition
The base where I usually live?
I fear if I lose my mind
I may need caretaking,
Like parents suffering a stroke
Or developing dementia
I see clearly the blockages
The clots of grief as I
Dabble in the Dark Arts
Frightened but Famished
Maybe these Arts
Are not that dark at all
Seductive, uncovering, revealing
Maybe they are Bright Arts
Illuminating expansion and freedom
Adventure and safety
All lusty items for those
Who wander
Improvisation
Monday, November 8, 2021
Mother Elephant
She“leadeth me beside the still waters,
He [she] restoreth my soul.”
~ Psalm 23:2 KJV, the Bible
Mother’s stroke
Elephants’s child
Fuzzy brain
Memory like no other
Loss of independence
Living on and on forever
Taking care of babies,
Elderly, children
Animals, all of the plants
Trees, bushes, and
Caring for the sick and infirm
Soothing those
With disease or fear
Showing them the light
Through the trunk of her soul
Spewing out water and dirt and all
Types of matter over every creature
Showering us all with healing
Energies of Light
When we scream and cry
She hears us
She soothes us with her
Arms or trunk, trumpeting
Her signals through the air
Calling for healing and love
To enter us through
Osmosis
Just being close to her
And to any other beings
Just being close to Air
Fire, Water, and Earth
We feel her
Granular Graces
We touch her
Darkness as she leads
Us down and through
Tragedy and Hell
Holding us tenderly until
We arrive on the other side
Greeting her again and again
She is always there
For us