Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Mirrors the Roots


-------Mirrors the Roots-------

The force
with which
the State reacts

Mirrors 
the depth and broadness
of a movements roots.

Liberation threatens
the conquest
of violence,

And Love
the impotence
of greed.

Atop the ground
an army pours out 
in lines,

Empty-eyed and uniformed,
like fodder
for the class elite.

And through the cracks
the Earth 
has made,

Unheard 
by those 
who refuse to blossom,

Rises 
the song
of revolution.

Listen
to that 
which stirs inside,

Encouraging each 
and every shell 
to open.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Wide as Sunshine


-------Wide as Sunshine-------
A step outside of thought
and I return in
to the unknown.
To the cold,
dark waters
of early Spring,

Where attention
gives us
each to receive.

Before discernment there was wonder.
Within the silence
there is song.
All around
the frogs
are chirping,
A soft red
touches
the branches,
And with eyes
as wide as sunshine,
I return to nothing.

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

All Returns


-------All Returns-------
In my dream
I am a stranger
to progress,
A wide-eyed child
on the edge
of reason.
Without knowing
but with
wonder
I follow the footpaths
drawn
in hillsides and into stone.

A thousand generations
never gone
but circling.
Call me
backward.
Call me strange.

But let my name
reflect
your deep within.
Each are a petal
in the patterns
unfolding,
And all
returns
to earth.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Love and Restoration

-------Love and Restoration-------

That which guides 
our 
revolution,

Like the Earth around the Sun,
is not the absence 
of tension

But its presence
deeply 
felt.

Light pulls against 
the dark matter 
in my heart,

Restoring truth
to move the 
shame

And love
toward
reparation.

We are not alone,
but each a flower
of the ever-changing,

In this field together
unfolding
into Spring.


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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Beneath the Waves

-------Beneath the Waves-------
When strong words
direct
upon you,
Feel in
to the
hurt
Of the hurt feelings
that might
surface.
Beneath their waves
is a deep
and quiet ocean,
A whole world
awaiting

your
attention.

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Friday, March 9, 2018

Good Intentions



-------Good Intentions-------
Be patient
with the seed
inside,
Awaiting its
spring to grow.
Love
but
do not hover.
For good intentions
mean little
If in effect
they block
the light.

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