Falling Inside
September 10, 2023
Lately I feel like there is within me
This deep hole of sadness and pain
And now I am falling inside myself
While the world explodes into a million
Sun stars.
Still, I desperately cling to the hope
That somehow I will come out on
The other side of Peace and Joy.
Somewhere in a renewed world of Being
But it is so hard to smile when you are
Tumbling through aching emptiness
And it is so hard to remember gently
When your world is an exploding star.
Out of Ideas
August 27, 2023
Out of ideas and words to speak
Out of everything —reached the peak
Nothing to say, nothing to do.
Blank and empty, nothing is new.
Out of the ordinary, out of the plain
Into the extraordinary, only what’s main
Something so special, exquisite and pure
Something that’s lasting meant to endure.
Clown Time
August 13, 2023
Stop - you can see
The Clown in me is laughing, playing, free
It is Time
Now- Now- Now
All the wonder of a child’s smile
Giggles
Laughter caught in this moment
Take time and see
There is a clown in me
And yes I am the clown
Don’t you know
I am the clown
But for the sake of the Serious
I put on this common face
Waiting again for the days
I am myself
The Clown
It is Clown Time
Dreaming my Tomorrows
July 23, 2023
Long ago I learned I do not fit the mold, but that is okay.
I can color outside the lines of expectation
And create a paper airplane while others
So solemnly write their patterned lines.
Long ago I learned but somehow
I always stand up to say maybe
Maybe you will need a kite this time
Rather than a notebook.
All is well I am not abandoning my place
Only living it on a different plain .
Maybe one day I will find a whole other way
To be where flowers are more important
And life is deeper
And interconnectedness of relationships are inspirited
Windblown laughter carries me somewhere
There are no molds, no expectations
Other than love
So I unlearn
Dreaming my tomorrows.
Dreamer
July 09, 2023
Some say he was a dreamer.
Ah, but so much more.
It has been told that in the silence of his dreams,
He heard the whisper of the Divine.
And in that whisper, heart touched,
He believed.
He the soul deep listener of dreams,
Beckoned to journey-
Through all doubts
Beyond deepest pain
Forever to new horizons.
He held to the mystery unreservedly.
Embracing the unknown tomorrows.
And in his letting go, he did not walk alone.
Her fiat yes, entwined with his.
Offering all to Love.
Cradling the Divine.
Woman Dance
June 25, 2023
On winded wing
Carried by the gentle fire of Love
I dance my heart in praise
I am woman
Little one raised on high
I dance on the evensong with a rainbow road
becoming me through the canyons of darkness
Soft the night this dance
A blessing not of words but gathered Presence
Gently now I lift my Spirit song in body praise
And gather in this praise of this people
Dance in the darkness
Darkness is the same
As light
And I am one.
Joseph
June 11, 2023
This man, listening in silence to whispering dreams divine
Believed and followed unreservedly
His transformative journey
Beckoned through pain, beyond doubts
Entering not only familiar landscapes and foreign lands
But the very depths of his soul
With every new horizon,
Embracing each unknown tomorrow,
And in his letting go, he did not walk alone
His Fiat yes ever entwined with hers.
With caring heart he loved
And with contemplative heart
He would gaze upon the face of God
Cradling Mystery
An earthly father to the Son of God.
A carpenter by trade, bound to the earth,
His hands shaping the wood
His life mirroring fatherhood, a reflection of Abba.
A man of the Torah—Love your neighbor
Daily in prayer-You shall love the Lord with all your heart
and all your mind and with all your soul
Such a deep compassionate heart arising in those
Recognizing the Cosmic interconnection of
the universe, one another, and the Divine.
Not a word of his recorded in Scripture
Yet given the deepest of accolades
Joseph a just man---a man of justice
Living righteously in justice revealed his courageous heart.
Light of Love
May 28, 2023
In this world of chaos
In this darkness of night
A beam of light appears
Are we aware of the light
A lone star in the darkened sky
Light that leads us
Light that gives us hope
Our hearts resonate the joy
Our hearts open to love
The world in darkness has seen a bright light
The world in chaos has stopped to reflect
Only one thing remains
To live love so that all may live
written for Christmas 2022
Ember
May 14, 2023
The magic of fire
entrances my soul.
Flame tongues chant the challenge:
Do what I do!
Make ash of dreams and life
now spent.
Make light of hopes and vision
to come.
Be ember, divine.
In Just-spring
April 23, 2023
In Just-spring, when the world is mud-luscious…puddle-wonderful…” These words from a poem by e.e.cummings conjure up the promise of glee, forbidden pleasures and child-like abandon. They invite consideration of other “in Just-spring” occurrences!
In Just – spring,
the sky line is brushed a soft green;
buds well toward leafing,
fern fingerlings unfold along the shoulders of streams.
In Just – spring,
yellow crocuses poke their heads through mounds of dead leaves;
orange crocuses ambush with a smiling “surprise”!
In Just – spring,
birds sing Lauds,
proclaim Benedictus,
visit nature’s “home depot” and begin nest building.
In Just – spring,
Jesus rises from the dead resurrecting hope,
invades locked rooms,
beckons the fearful forward.
In Just – spring,
fallible followers become disciples,
speak in tongues,
create communities of “one heart and one mind.”
In Just – spring,
prison doors mysteriously open,
the suffering rejoice in their trials,
murderers are pardoned.
In Just – spring,
missionary journeys begin,
everywhere is home,
no one is excluded.
In Just – spring,
our “Easter” calling is renewed,
joyful witnessing is eager,
discovery and revelation of the Risen Christ is abundant.
In Just – spring…
Spring into us, Just One, that you be resurrected over and over
in us and in our world.
