A crack in the world
letting the light arrive
awakening mystery
amidst normal day to day
shadow felled in one swoop
one breaking open
on dawning
tell me more with lively
let the wisdom waken
colors dancing on the tip
awareness ogled sweetly
glowering harrumphs
glowingly once more
on the path to never said it
in the age of mellowness
there the hints of other
profiles rise to firmament
through mud’s disguise
“I rest my life upon the sure foundation…”
In thought and word and deed
she emulates that which
lights her spirit
She embodies that which
enlightens mine
A center for expression of good
beautiful and creative
eternal and victorious
Wisdom pouring out
splashing and splattering
with verve
upon a parched
a thirsty ground
as though its’ source
is limitless
And, so, it is,
and so, she says,
“La-dee-dah!”
Settled into the bones of it
sunk deep into the essence
a seed of confidence sprouts
How solid the ground?
How bright the travails?
Watered in time with sweat and tears
fed in truth by life’s substance
hardened by brisk breezes of reason
A tree of wisdom grows
on the bank of age’s pond
as a child, he depended upon
hanging on tenuous hooks
prepared for fun and silliness
unmitigated play amongst
heaps of adult minefields
the knowing piled up high
in his gut of guts
no matter what
the insidious circumstances
there was the rock of his father’s love
tethered and bonded in an ocean of emotion
as a man, there exists calm fortitude
while they grow softly closer
in age, maturity, and wisdom
even while physical distance gaps
growing space separates with a padding of love
** Dedicated to Pete Seeger, Truth Warrior and Peace Seeker **
Ever and always the wise elder
the troubadour of peace
awoke freedom in our hearts
and brightness in our steps
Whirling in rhyme friendly
and weaving words of wisdom
he led multitudes
in a dance of dignity
Simple truth was his diet
Peace fell from his fingertips
and I know that he is flying now
elixir of courage upon his lips
