Things as They Are

Keep still my heart
keep every drop of content
that you've gathered

A turquoise pool
in the depths of my chest
clear, still, cool...

We are one between the sheets
but stood there
we go deaf and we go blind

I watch this with no alarm
I can make it many things
and I can leave it blank

And I leave it blank

Breaking the Jug

See here my new beginning
Here is my new world
Taste this candy
Rhubarb and custard
But what is what on the tongue
And what is what to the Heart-
Excitement and fear
Excitement and fear
And this heart burns
I was already held
Drop your fear Heart
Drop your fear Heart
And let me shine
Drop your fear Heart-
See how we shine.

Lake waters and moonlight
Cleansing me, finding the white,
showing the road to the peace inside
It was never night, never night
Always seeing the light

And the noise-
Dont get caught in the noise
All the daisies you sowed
All this garden you toiled
With your own heavy feet
Trampled down, trampled down, trampled down
as your tears flow
You've got to grow- forward
Step out of the noise
Step out of the noise
As the fire dances
I see many faces
There are other travellers on this road
We get weary
We are tender, tender at times
In this sacred place
In an open space
I know- I am already held
And we all learn to burn-
forward

Drop your fear Heart
And let me shine
Drop your fear Heart
-right here and now-
See- we all shine!

To My Brother

Each year now
It sneaks up on me
Through the fabric
of reality
it comes close, so close,
that if I could only reach out
and lift the thin veil of time
there you would be
tall and slim and boyish
grinning and excited.
I may never know
what happened
and where you decided to go
but each year
I treasure this day
when you're right here, facing me
behind that thin veil of time
and I know we are both loved.

Whos Making My Mind Up???

Choose,
you've got to choose- schmooze
notice how every moment of non decision
you're not even alive,
suspended on pause
a lonely character in the woods
soon the moss will invade
all your cavities
soon there will be nests
in your beard
and still you stand
undecided- which path?
Waiting for the film to come to the end
but it just keeps going
someone must have pressed the Repeat button
and still you cant see...
There is noone else
to come. Noone will come.
There is only You.

To Ask or Not to Ask

From my brief personal survey
it seems that opinions vary:
some say
Those who ask dont get, those who dont ask dont need.
some say
Ask and you shall be given
(or for-given)
if enough sincerity
has been conveyed.
some never ask
and insist life is meant to be a struggle-
a true opportunity for all of us
to become totally independent
(one must prioritise contributing
to one's private pension fund
by all means!)

Have it your way
but I've got to say
last month I asked
and I was given,
last week I asked
and I've been given
and last night I asked again-
and promptly it has been delivered!

Struggle if you must
or sink into your heart
and enjoy the ride!

Creating Miracles...

Detect Change

Change you difficult thing-
hard to embrace,
hard to allow,
somethimes hard to notice!
How will you know?
Its when you write to a friend
(and its been a few full moons since the last word)
and a thought crosses your mind-
perhaps they wont recognise me
any more?
Change, you, beauty!
I do love it
when you surprise me.
Go on, surprise me again!

Our Feelings

Our feelings
arent just important historical evidence
like photos that we keep pulling out
to look over again and again,
Our feelings
arent just important part of our experience
like colour that we put on blank canvass
for emphasis
our feelings are all that there is!
Our feelings are everything-
the cause, the presence, the aftermath
of all that we are!
Feelings are not accidental,
complimental, inconsequential!
FEELINGS ARE US!

Beyond the storm of our feelings
there is nothing
and Peace
is the eye of the storm.

Eyes Wide Open

All she did was ask-
so what does that confusion feel like?
that stuckness??

And I felt it, oh, I felt it,
out of thin air
it came all over me
heavy in my stomach,
muddle in my head,
sick black feeling
and total
powerlesness

All she did then was ask-
so who created this experience?

Erm......that would be Me!

It didnt descent upon me as a curse
from OUTSIDE-
no,
I MADE IT!
There and then!
A master creator!
WOW I am GOOD!!!!!!!!!!
It only took about 10 seconds
but I reckon
I'm better than that usually,
much better

So what about ALL those other times

Me, still me...
Found my favourite place to rest in-
confusion!
its cosy there
not much is possible while I'm in there

Jeez, is it time
to have a different experience???
Do I want to?

Oh YES I do.

Eternal

How many of us get to say
"I have ALWAYS wanted you"

And how many of us
know what that means