Peeking out a crack in the front door, the air is cold against me skin, again – Even though our made-up days offer us the illusion of time in certainty Winter is whispering “I am here.”
Winter, when I sit and wait, for the sun to appear again, through the fingers of morning mist in the field
Where hummingbirds search for nectar in the nearly frozen feeders, buzzing the windows in gratitude
When I can see my breath, feel my bones, and bend more slowly more mindful of the frozen ground also waiting, again
What will this winter offer that I will accept? Perhaps clarity in the biting wind, brightness causing my eyes to close, or compassion in the coldness the distance and isolation
Present and waiting, I close the door my skin still tingling with chill I sit and smile, breathe and sniffle whispering back, “I am here too.”
Re(e)volution
August 6, 2009
The end, it ended long ago It will never end Wasn’t it just yesterday……
I didn’t want it to end (yes, you did) I’ll never know why So.
Whose to blame? Why do you ask?
Just trying to find the ground (you’re standing on it) Oh, here. There is no ground, Oh, yeah, right No, not right, huh? Yes.
Forward, and onward Where? Nope, no answers yet More questions? (you know the answer) When will it make sense? What? All of it! Now
Prayer for 2009
The full moon is not the only light tonight. Fireworks burst into song Celebrating the coming of the Light
But do we have to wait? Must we continue to huddle in our hand-crafted dwellings only looking out? Must I close my eyes too long... too silently... Liberation is at hand, and all I need do is release my grasp.
Help me, dear One...help Us... to walk naked in the snow to receive the mirror with wonder to hold ourselves gently
Help me, dear One...help Us... to give, when in doubt to surrender to groundlessnes to welcome death
Help me, dear One... help Us... to return to our faithful wisdom to give shelter to the dark and the light to risk kindness
We have only this breath, may we take each one and give each one with the fullness of the moon.
Let Us Light and sing Our way within this mystery.
May the whole world be wrapped in the enduring gift of Peace.
The Angel of Adjarra
My own heart knew, and kept the secret of how the Light of the nameless guides me to Thou
You with your smiling rivers of Joy Bringing the world to those who could not conceive of it Reaching out your hand, to place in another's - Freedom Collecting the Hopes of people bringing it back to them one hundred fold honestly, humbly
Calling to the finest places in each of us, to recognize the life giving potential we all have to offer - and must if We are to survive
You call me an angel, and yet it is you who walked to the table already displaying your full glorious expanse You reveal radiance in the span of each moment You inspire surrender to the Heart for the sake of the whole world.
Coming to a place of promise, eyes wide open knowing "how" is not of our domain clarity did not fade your dreams and with the gratitude of a thousand wings You accept the cloak of your calling offering to clothe us all in the loving arms of One
