Through the Dark Glass

 We come to this earth as little bodies

Embodying Big Spirit and our souls 

We come to grow and become 

Problem solvers and figure out how

This human world works

We also come to heal any tiny or

Monstrous traumas, abuse or neglect

Inflicted upon us or our ancestors 

By this world

By circumstances and by other humans

Who may be trying to do their best themselves

Once we begin to heal, then we see

Through the dark glass more clearly

We begin to learn how to receive as

Well as to give to others

We delight in our abundance and love

Once we are nourished we can

Give even more to the world

And to each other

And to ourselves

Loving all that is

In Grace

In Your Mercy

 'Gaia, Sophia, and all the stars and moons

Please be with us as we venture forward

Bring us wild peace as we juggle

Our worldly concerns with your divine bounty

You abundant grace and your love

Fill us with your mercy and wisdom so that we can

Learn to decrease our impulses to judge, arising

From our fear and anger toward others unlike ourselves

We know that we are mostly frightened of

Differentness and sometimes seek to destroy it

Let us become more compassionate, loving beings

Embracing those whom we know and even

Those we may not know so well

Help us have the courage and power to end

All wars and violent outbursts that reflect our

Darkest shadows and traumas

Inflicting upon others what has happened to us

Bring us beauty, rain, storms, and all the fullness of

This human life, assisting us in becoming better stewards

Of Mother Nature, our planet, our people and

All of the beings who live upon it or inside it

In your mercy'

Glistening Grace

 You, the unnamed force that travels with us

And through us

Guiding us and caring for us

We thank you for your gifts

Your love, your strength, and 

Your compassion as we live as 

Humans during this lifetime

How you shine!

How we feel when we 

Know you

Day by day

Off and on

Sometimes losing you

And sometimes finding you

Thank you, thank you, thank you

Sledgehammer Grace

 The Great Mysterious Muse hit me the other day with a sledgehammer

(Seems harsh but sometimes, that is what it takes...)

She said that I needed to share more, to experience more, to express more

So, I did. Then, she asked me to do more for others, and I thought she was a little

Pushy, and that I grew up pressuring myself to do more for others all of my life

So, I clenched my teeth (my hands and feet) and stood up to her and told her

That I was tired of doing for others, been doing it all my life, tired and drained now

And, she responded that perhaps all that I did for others was a result of my belief

That I was not good enough, that I was unloveable and doing for others helped me

Feel better. Couldn’t argue with that. She told me that this time and from now on

Doing for others means, doing for myself initially, that is the correct order

And once I do for myself, what I give to and share with others will be so much 

More loving and sweet and kind, and that only when I learn to be gentle with myself

Can I be gentle with those others out there who also need human love and care

I couldn’t argue with that, so I accepted her request and life has now transformed

Glory, Glory

 When I sit upon the hill gazing at the stars and the moon

Know that I am putting my mind aside for awhile

I am opening up to the possibility of you

And my growing trust in you and your ways

“Be not afraid,” I hear from you over and over again

“I am always with you, Turn around, see me, feel me, touch me”

Golden, warm honey pours down all over me 

My heart and body are soothed and calmed by your presence

“Grace, Grace, Grace, Grace,” the Sacred Spirits sing within me

“May you be blessed and forgiven for having feelings of guilt”

“All humans make mistakes and act strangely sometimes

 But,  you are as innocent as a child

You learned to survive in ways that you needed to then

You can look back and feel no need to continue to use those same

Techniques and patterns, because you no longer have need of them”

I sit, partly puzzled and partly ecstatic at such an idea of no longer

Feeling guilty about the past knowing  I am just a human 

Who now has a chance at a new life

Glory, Glory 

A Request

Help me remember how and why

I became who I am before I got here

Help me know that it is now time

To move on, without too much fear

Assist me in understanding myself

And how I became who I have become

Allow me to surrender my childish ways so

That I continue to be reborn into my new life here

Thank you, thank you, thank you

Oh, Sacred Spirits

Transfiguration

 Turning green again 

Turning toward the teacher

Turning toward the breast 

Instinct

Nurturance

Learning

Remembering

The seed needs to be planted

We ground in fertile, rich

Dark soil, the stem growing

Pushing up, flowing up

Toward the light

Plants, animals, fish, birds and we

Know how to grow even when 

Tragedy strikes

We migrate, we stand tall

We fall down to our knees

A sudden brightness appears

Transfiguration

The sun, rain, breezes

Plants, trees, and the mycelium network

Support our journeys

All we experience affects us and how

We move toward blooming and feeling

Our blooms sometimes blocked

For a time

A second blooming can occur

And then, when our growing season is done

Our leaves, petals or fruit fall to the ground

Not in sorrow but just because

We may hibernate during the dark winters

Then later on, feel the tug to grow again

When Mother Earth and the Great Mystery

Tell us it is time

Blessed Be!