With excited riches of longing..
With the joy of submission to the present..
With the hope of participating in beauty’s kind unfolding..
With you, I kiss!
Artist, Gustav Klimt
My Divine
You are so near,
Yet when distanced
Even my longing is but a pleasure!
And when I return within
To this place of my home
The sweetness is so familiar
Yet constantly refreshing with the wonder of being alive..
How you are the salt to all my sustenance
The butter making all my richness.
Together I am complete
Apart I remember my fortune.
What simple divine grace and precious living..
What more is there to say
Than Thank you!
And may I always continue
Each day
In that one irreplaceable union with you.
Invisible Forces
When all the elements
Soil, light and water
Present and play
The process begins..
Awakened from core to surface
The seed pushed forth
Against all pressure
Against all odds
You too
With all your history
Shackled to torment
Over and over
Plus present bite and spit
Venomous and stinging
From glare to words
Abusive, depriving
Push, push forth
As no-one sees
The invisible forces
Constantly pulling you down
Reach with all your might
Grab every trickle
Kindness, love, joy
And watch…
Smoldering flames may persist
Stand detached from the fanners
Mourn yesterday’s self
Live in today’s breath
And promise me this
You’ll reach, you’ll call
Me, the like,
All your little gifts
You will be your own angel
As you already have your wings
And this life you’ll walk alone
But you need never be lonesome!
I found a gem…
It has not facets and yet it gleams
It needs no polish and yet it shines
It lives freely for it cannot be stolen
It is priceless and yet it’s abundant,
It’s sort for universally
And vibrates through all that’s living.
So many assets
So widely prevalent
Easily underestimate
Often overlooked
Poorly prioritized.
A living death without!
Yes you’re right!
This antique
Yet renewable gem
Is LOVE.
How you find it
Where you find it,
Everyone’s story is also a gem.
Yet the truth is
You’ve always had
Your gem so close,
Yet never knowing
It could gleam
On every thing, in everyday.
For how else
Could love be all around!
The pot overflows
When the pot is full
It overflows
Whatever it holds
Spills all over
I too am a vessel
Sometimes enchanting
Like crystal and china
Sometime dense
Like cast iron and granite
Yet always incredible by mere design
My five senses
Serving me the contents
Filling, filling
Yet somehow
Always remaining half empty
It’s take the Master craftsman
To stir and shape
Just so precisely and smoothly
As the secrets lays
Deep, deep within my moulding
With love and care
The brew begins
With a little awakening
The pot starts simmering
The essence of love
From the depth of my being
Begins to bubble
Begins to surface
The aura permeates
The lure entrancing
Ingredients of life
Begin to come alive
What was once
Just a flower
A star
A lapping wave
All now connect
As my heart is awake
Humbleness to kindness
Smooths out the creases
Love and peace
Brings out the timeless
When true love is found
From inside out
The resounding beauty
Is of no doubt
Yourself
All you need to know
Right in the palm of your hand
The heart of all hearts
Quintessence
Universally recognized
Here it is
This new moment
This new year
Tolling bells
Universally recognized
Chime the old out
Ring in the new
Some are sad
Some are glad
Universally recognized
Time stopping for none
Moments
Occasions
Lifetimes
All universally recognized
Irreplaceably given
Recklessly squandered
Unforgivably forgotten
Until each last
Moment
Person
Lifetime
Era and Age
If so recognized
Then what baloney
To latently lament
To wantonly procrastinate
Hitch the saddle
Reve the engine
Flap your wings
Leave the dust to settle
Set no formula
Prove no hypothesis
Cut the concepts
Feel the lifestream surge
Love; power second to none
Kindness; giver above all
Peace; love and kindness paired
Recognize this
Quintessence
And then there can be
Universal peace
What stirs your heart needs no”translation”…
Beyond Translation
a must view and listen for those of you who value a few moments of stillness…
In the moment…
In the quiet of the moment
All noise
All burdens
All distractions
All dissipate
In the nakedness of the moment
All layers
All colors
All embellishments
All relinquished
In the nothingness of the moment
All abundance
All magnificence
All completeness
All revealed
In the beauty of the moment
All vulnerability
All transparency
All simplicity
All acknowledged
All in just a moment
All the sound of quietness
All the completeness of nothingness
All the beauty of nakedness
All free to be felt and owned
All found in the moment
The home of everything
Space Between
Positive and negative space
Where does one begin and the other end
Connect to the soul and you’ll know
Original design work exploring negative and positive spaces by first year architectural student.
