Embrace the process
Petal by petal unfold
Glow through to your core
poetry
Christmas Fulfilled
Great tidings awaited
The King did come
The people did sing
Glory proclaimed
She sits alone
Her inner Kingdom reigns
Oh what fortunate
The crown beheld
Encrusting gems
Gratitude and love
Shimmering now
Inside and out
Thanks are inherent
From the fullest heart
Brimming and flowing
With riches undreamt
Boundless reciprocation
This endless love
Mercy, mercy
For this is her Heaven!
Lover’s Arms
What is your lover’s kiss?
The meeting of two
A spot of tenderness
Somewhere to express…?
What is your soul mate’s shoulder?
Somewhere to rest
A strength to lean on
A place to let go…?
What are those loving arms ?
Steel bars for protection
Great cranes to carry your troubles
Comfort for you to lay in…?
But where is that one lover?
The one that stays when all others have come and gone
The one who loved you before you knew you where loved..
Close your eyes, go within
Feel the kiss of life as each breath comes
Lean on that shoulder as the outside dissipates
Know those carrying arms as weightless you become..
Your one true lover
Resides within and beside you
In your one true lover’s company
There are no woes
In your one true lover’s arms
You know you are home…..
Simple
Invite love’s beauty
Enjoy delicate presence
Gratitude immense
Fire and Fury!!!
Zestfully we charge around
Feeling all so important
Stomping to get our so called missions accomplished.
Any little obstacle
Oxygenates the sleeping embers of discontent,
With ignition triggered
The flames dart in every direction
Greedily collecting any fuel
To justify the road taken
And warrant the complaint and fury…
But there is another fire
A fire with embers soft and calm
With flames that comfort and heat
With light that draws you to home
However, even this fire will roar
And when it does, there is no fear
For the roar is the heart’s cry of knowing that true power is present…
The choice is there
Which fire to fan
Which heat to feel,
Demonic and destructive
Or rescuing and restorative.
Look around
Then look within.
Find the fire
That brings love not fury
That brings comfort not fear
And can never be put out.
Explosive Peace!!!
Want a dynamic life?
Excitement every waking moment?
Awesome surroundings day and night?
Invite Peace!
Want to feel thrill in thought?
Tenderness in touch?
Connection true and deep?
Invite Peace!
Want to understand creation’s magic?
Appreciate and participate in the play of nature’s laws?
Know your every momentary divine privilege?
Invite Peace!
There is nothing flat
Nothing mundane,
Nothing vegetative
About Peace!
Know your Peace
Know the company it keeps
Befriend these elements
And witness, live and explore
Your most precious gift..
A ‘Peace’ exploding with life!!
Guardian
If ever a claim to ownership
It is a mother’s to her child.
Her entire focus is comfort and contentment
As she provides that aura of security and guardianship.
The child goes on her way
Each day anew
To play, learn and laugh.
The mother watches, waits and facilitates
Every one of her strengths and conquests…
Standing very close
She’s also just as ready
To pick up the pieces
To shine the light
So home of the heart
Is never far from sight.
As mothers, we sometimes cry.
But when we smile
Nothing is warmer,
Not even the rays of the sun.
But who waits for the mother?
Who laughs when she laughs?
Who’s shoulder does she lean on?
In her time
She too had her mother.
But all along
For both mother and child,
There is another.
One that’s beyond this time and space we see
Beyond the materials we hold and feel…
This guardian
Is closer than close.
So much so
That its integral form to all
Makes it the most obvious
Yet still hidden..
How can this be?!
Why is it so?!
All so perfectly postured
The discovery is as sweet
As the recognition and knowing,
Of how with every one of her steps
Her hand was always held
Her heart always filled
And all she had to do
Was to understand
This ever present divine guardianship….
Let it Swing!
A little splash of color
A little depth then subdued
Colors, contours, crevices
All Nature’s depiction of life.
Is this not like the pendulum swing
The momentum of life events?
Milestones, crises, inevitables
A little excitement
A little drama
A little discontent…
Through the dynamic process of both,
Nature and one’s life span
There is but one constant,
The flow of energy
Without which there is no color, no events, no experience..
So look and see the surface element,
Pleasing and displeasing.
But don’t stop there
Go a little deeper
Feel the flow
Put on your skates, find your wings
Ride and fly.
For here is true living
No definition, no judgment
Pure and simple joy
Clarity in existence;
And appreciation for making
The rank of the living….
Simply Pure
Pure and simple
Honest clarity
Fragrantly supreme
Elegant eloquence
Creative climax
Divine design
Picturesque perfection
Delving deep
Leading the lost
All beauty has a unique way of taking the beholder back to the source of where the perception is rooted… Within!
Joy
Which list, my infinite joy, do you belong to?
The to-do list so I can feel accomplished?
The list of what I can do when the to-do list is done, so I don’t feel guilty?
Or the list that comes before all lists, as the day is just not right if not done?
Why must there be an order when joy is an essence?!
Why must there be a turn when joy is omnipresent?!
Is there a front seat or a back seat to joy?
Am I a driving force or an observer?
Joy is all of the above and more.
Joy was yesterday
Joy is today and will be tomorrow
The deciding factor is presence…
Will I be or not…
Joy is a state of being, is it not..
Joy is present in your stillness
It is there in your action
Joy is the fruit of your appreciation..
Oh what joy to know joy!
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