Eclipse

                                                              -------Eclipse-------

When the world 

   gets dark around you

and the shadow of your body 

   disappears,                                                                      

Look up

   and let

      the worry

         go.

For we are small 

   among the stars.

Each one 

   a little seed

In a bundle on

   a branch from 

      a tree within

         this great forest.

Come out 

   from your shell

and into 

   place,

Into this moment,

   alive,

      un-tethered,

         whole.

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Swimming in the Rain

-------Swimming in the Rain-------

The sky rises 

from

as rain falls 

upon

the lake,

And three 

golden birds 

float within the ripples

of love-

making.

Fall rain.

Come with thunder

and with wind,

and we will keep 

swimming.

For 

with every 

drop

the circle 

widens,

Bringing us 

closer

and closer

to the 

stars.

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Life’s Pattern

-------Life’s Pattern-------

You have tried to hide

behind pride

and violence,

behind the burning image

of a nation.

But I see you.

Before hate could root

in barren ground,

a child loved,

and covered the Earth

with footsteps

and laughter.

Allow your desire to control

to fall 

like a leaf in Autumn,

to be healed by Winter

and return as light 

with Spring.

Beneath these stars

we all

are nameless,

and in Life's pattern

forever made

the same.

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Still and Golden

-------Still and Golden-------

Beneath
the dusk-lit willows

a heron 

stands,

Still

and golden,

in the heart 

of young autumn.

Be not 

what others

imagine you 

to be.

For you
are greater
than any image

or idea.

Let your mind rest.

And wake to the Light

that is rising

from within.

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The Roundness in Heart

-------The Roundness in Heart-------

In the middle of Summer,

Autumn
begins.

At first
a whisper in the morning,
and then a song,

As green gives

way

to gold.

Lose yourself
in the best
of ways,

Forgiving your edges
to the roundness
in heart,

To new light

and the ever-changing

season.

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