Limitless –
Such is the possibility
of inner peace
As much during the
noisiest, messiest, busiest
roiling and boiling
challenges and boisterousness
as during a dappled trek
through greening hidden meadow
by the trickling and gurgling
stream of inner consciousness
Peace on…
Our gifts are meant
to stretch our capabilities
And stretching is
always a challenge!
So, be attentive
to your soul’s joy
Let your soul’s delight
be your compass
In Love, it’s begun…
The top of the thing
Came off
With the flip of the…
With the zip of the…
On the hip of the…
Told by the lip of the…
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Does it really matter how?
Are any implications ready?
Will it hold steady?
No longer so heady
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The details are merely details
The emotions are the heart of it
Back in the days
when I was young
still in school – still at home
She was there for me
she kept the home
of my aching heart
Holding space for
my dreams to breathe
doing all she could
to keep me safe and free
being the best she could be
Today, this day, I honor her
gratitudes and memories
wrapped in love
Giving thanks with
hugs of thought
tears and smiles entwined
An acre of paisley bushes
arranged since planting
in concentric circles and spirals
and other configurements
• • •
Entering the fantasy landscape
disfigured by misapplied thoughts
I can get lost in the maze
of twisty, turny constructs
• • •
And so, and thusly, I close my eyes
breathe deeply into my spine
rise above my own little thinking
To observe the beauty of complexity
from the distance of peace within
With broad colorful brushstrokes
and strong, yet slender, lines
he painted a new portrait
on the canvas of his life
Woven on strings plucked
and strummed chords
vocal chords guided by the poet’s voice
• • •
Oh, the joy, the exhilaration
stepping into the bigger picture
wearing the troubadour’s coat
following the Muse in the heart
