A beginner

It seems like

everywhere I look

I am reminded of the abundance 

The beauty and the bounty

There is so much. There is plenty 

And still too many go hungry, are overexposed

to the elements 

How can we rest until the needs are met?

Until the plans are set

To lead with compassion and love

to let these drive our leadership

and not allow these to be drained from it

by corrupt agendas

and incorrect priorities

we come upon

knife to the neck urgency

bleeding out on the street urgency

problems vibrating at a fever pitch and still we

manage to get through our days

without sobbing with grief at every atrocity

we build walls within to help us get 

through, out, over, under or alongside. 

I have not mastered this. 

I am still a beginner, 

running laps around the question

of what do I do, beyond what I already do?

and I know this is temporary

but this does not excuse me from the efforts

to make it better, to soothe, to calm, to hold tight

until the nightmares have become

beautiful, peaceful dreams

woven with safety and star dust. 

 

formations

 While the oceans were forming, so too were the plans

of the Creator Goddess and other gods

When the first forests began to rise and fill the landscapes

so too did the intentions of the nature spirits within the

trees and the soil

There were secrets bursting open like the births of the stars

and we were still a distant possibility as humanity

so incredibly insignificant and also greatly powerful

contradictions inherently built into our nature

into our structures

into our DNA

yes, our blood holds the secrets that did not escape when some

of them burst open. 

our bones hold memories of the feasts and the famines

of the wars and the stillness of the peaceful times

we are locked into this reality in certain ways

but have the gift of imagination that can free us 

from some kinds of suffering

oh, may we let the peace in. 

may we let the peace win. 

you are the constellation

 You are the constellation I point to

when the night sky asks me why

your complexities are vast, the mind and

the heart sending out depth as 

vibration. and as frequency, but to me

you just shine and sparkle

and twinkle like you're meant to

your presence causing more attention 

than attempts to name every grain of sand on the beach

you may be out of my reach. 

I cannot always name what happens to me

when you are around but its powerfully alluring

like the scents you've been wearing

And you sometimes catch me staring

and in some moments 

I may catch a ride on a shooting star, then 

you don't seem so far

you always show up on the radar