So Big

It’s so big, it’s so good
I stretch to contain it
until my heart feels it 
could burst
 
Then, I realize as
open up my real eyes
I can swim in it
I can be full of it
 
Permeated with all good
with only a thin skin
of personality
of me-ness within all-ness
 
It’s all so very luxuriously
one good – big good

Field or Shelter

Our greatest happiness
in the field of possibility
rather than the
shelter of certainty
 
I am certain of
my love of Spirit
and joyous about
the possibilities of life…

Touchstone

Can the heart hold any more?
So much love, so much joy
connections, re-connections
family spirit to Spirit
 
Friends old and just met
the splendor of nature at dawn
the cracking open heart
• • •
A touchstone experience
The heart’s reminder
penetrating, concentrated joy
feeds the soul in years to come
a lifetime of preciousness

Superlative

There were many
durative superlatives
that she could apply
to his description
 
Yet, the stunning part
of him to her
was his essence of Love

Re-Assess

All the seams unzipped
(nothing really ripped)
just fell apart neatly
 
As if an alarm had gone off
and everything jumped to
 
It is the time to re-assess
reform with regard
and reassemble
 
Discover a more efficient
assemblage of components
re-sculpt

Contaminated

Contaminated by the Love Bug
their tactics were incorrigible
unpredictable and unstoppable
 
It was as if they were driven
by a superhuman power
 
Bouts of uncommon compassion
tainted thoroughly by wave after wave
of unconditional love
spreading virally
 
The fresh outbreak took on
pandemic proportions
leaving them all in a state
of overwhelming bliss

Wisdom’s Tree

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

Summer Morning

Sunlight trickled through the trees
tumbled lightly onto me
caressed my cheek with warmth
dappled my thoughts and senses
 
Awakened sparks in dewy moisture
left behind by sprinkler’s grace
and in steamy tears on my face
 
Remnants of joy’s expression
tattooing the cheeks
staccato rivulets
 
And, all the while, my spirit soared
brilliance conquers in dabs and shifts
until tickled trees dance laughing

Words

 Once I had so many words
 
without depth of meaning
pretty words
 
Now, I have meaning
sometimes with no words