A wave of emotion
an ocean tsunami
storms uprising
or deeper movement
Surprising the sun
with jewel-like reflections
Appearing playful
or angry or brutal
hiding fear in the reactions of others
When done, washed through
all is changed and clear…
Dreams awakened
by a frog on the forehead
have a whole different flavor
Than musings fraught
with idle moment’s fancies
or even whirring wheels
of worry’s wiles
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Bless the frog
Don’t throw him across the room
The shadows play big
with the light from the side
Shade stretching and slithering
across the landscape
• • •
She pumped her feet
and leaned deep in the push
going higher and higher
-but never any lower-
As her shadow slid
like a water slick
across the dappled ground
Rookie ‘til the end
For it’s an eternal
ever now beginning
And the “end” is actually
(let’s not mistake it for otherwise),
another beginning
• • •
A wise one said sagely
to stay in beginner’s mind
How could one not?
Since each and every single moment
is, in itself, a new beginning
Twice
the delicate white spider
deliberately walked
the circumference
of our circle, then disappeared
Who was that blessing us?
What part of me-you-us-all?
Self-affirmation of the One
