Opportunity
Love brought me to this moment here now with you I see you through Love’s eyes whole and holy I know this flowing and fleeting occasion is a blessing for us to know Love
Poetry
Love
I know love I know its soft center like the shyness of a child waking from a dream I know love the bold strokes of truth when no one wants to speak in honest sentences I am blessed to know love and drink its life-giving nectar which nourishes every cell of my being filling me […]
Chamomile Tea
After listening to the news … I meditate as fear grips my heart Chant Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Send my prayers to the east over the Rincon Mountains I watch as my chest and jaws tighten Chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo Send my prayers to the west over the Pacific Ocean I shiver as I spiral to dark […]
Meditation
I sit still steady as a mountain as the winds of my expectations toss and turn me like fallen leavesI sit stillsteady as a mountain as the fear about the future twists and turns melike balls of tangled yarnI sit stillsteady as a mountain as confusion all around me shakes and shivers melike sudden earthquakesI […]
Peaceful Presence
Right now. Stop the internal war fueled by your terror. Peaceful influence does not mean acceptance of tyranny. Hold steady in the face of ignorance that wields the wheels of power. Hold steady in the truth of goodness, kindness, and love. Hold steady in your heart’s capacity for love. Make pie, make art, make community […]
Look Up
in this morning of sunshine and bird song I choose to look up although my heart feels pulled down with the weight of current events I choose to hang on to the truth of love its steady pulse deep within me doing its mission of kindness a hug, a smile, and an invitation to look […]
Enough
Today Let me be In the ups, downs, circles Of my life Let me be myself Without wishes To be other Let me be here Content sipping coffee Watching the sunrise Breathing in unison With life unfolding
Harmony
I may not believe what you believe but let’s hold hands dance to a song greater than our own laugh and eat together knowing that we are larger than our opinions today let’s offer Love for the common good build a bonfire of our differences watch the flames glow and bring light feel the warmth […]
Waiting
outside my door listening to Black-throated Sparrows Curve-bill Thrashers Mourning Doves all mixed in with cars beeping dogs barking children squealing my coffee is sweet pen and paper within reach the sky opens like an envelope drops poems into my lap