TRANSMUTATION

As above,
So below.
From the womb of exploding stars
We commence
Into the rich, obsidian black Mother Earth
We reload- Joining our ancestors
Spiritual Alchemy
Turning the base metal of our souls
Into blinding pure gold
Prismatic light.

This human, human condition>
We are these fragile, frail biological beings
All the universe tends toward entropy
Yet,
We hope
We create
We elate
We want to be MOVED
Please, please MOVE me

In this era of polyurethane bliss
Digital dialectics
Technological tactics
Cold calculations
Fluoride stares, autopilot gazes

Please, please MOVE me
Please
These HUNGER GAMES
Are no entertainment
They are real
3.5 million babies die every year
Where is the food?
WHERE IS THE FOOD?

These hunger games are so, so real
As the Arab Proverb says,
"When you shoot the arrow of truth, dip it's point in honey."
"We are all just walking each other home." (Ram Dass)

THERE IS NO TUNNEL

In this field of light
We play INfinite
Fleshless and breathless
Beyond all veils
Of limitation.
Absorbed into the Sun
Shattered photons
Pure light.
Coronal flares
Massive
Dancing flames
Unextinguishable.
Finally purged
Of all SELF
Form, now formless
Bathed in SUNFIRE
Drenched in pure light
We cannot be cold here
Darkness has evaporated
And
There is no tunnel.
Only this
Thus remains;
I am absorbed,
I am formless,
I am the field,
I am pure light.
I AM.

THE DAWN IS COMING

Gently, She whispers
Inside the mists
Of wind sighs.
We often miss Her soft hiss
Ever-present
Existing
So silently, Inside
Everything.
Solitude inside the
Patterned Divine,
Crystalline Dream
Mathematical precision
She breathes out in rose blooms,
And IN through tree roots.
Existing
So silently, Inside
Everything.
She IS
ALL.
Covered in dirt
Blinded
She is the WE reaching
Eternally towards the Sun.
And each night
The moonlight
Is Her promise
Not to despair
The dawn is coming.
Listen...
Listen...
The dawn is coming.

In-Between

A poet is always falling in love
Or
Falling apart.
There is never an in-between.
Her mind continuously shatters into galaxies
Her heart is awash in oceanic sunfire.
There is never an in-between.

Broken

I broke myself
Tonight.
I fell,
I shattered.
Blood, puss, piss, and tears....
I lay mangled.
Floored debacle.
All exposed and splayed.
Inards and fears.
Inside, then outside.

You sat,
Hope-drenched
My muse.
No bow demolished
In the storm.
And said,
YES.
This
Is where 'it' begins.
And again,
For the hundreth time,
I felt hope.
You ARE me.
I AM.

MEVLANA

MEVLANA

Seeking Her face
In this
One moment
Of seeing...
We are...
Her muse.
The miracle.

Now,
I am...
Breathless
Now,
Brought to my knees
In universal prayer.

We are...
Divinity's progeny
Momentarily
Suspended
In material form.
Yet,
Formed from
The formless.

Yet,
Birthed from
The womb
Of stars.

I am...
So enamoured
With
These galaxies
Of light
Now,
Exploding
In my chest.

We are...
That starred reverie
Momentarily
Materializing
Yet,
Formed perfectly from
The bliss of
Pure consciousness...
We are...
Her muse,
Never ceasing.

Now,
No longer seeking
We are...
Of She...
We are...
She.

We are...
That which we were always looking for;
THAT starred reverie.
We are...
The miracle.

THESE SAME STARS

White light advancing...
Our return imminent.
Still,
So still.
We are
That suchness
Spoken of in ancient hymns;
Light begetting light.

White light advancing...
All our ancestors are here
Breathing breath
Into our lungs.

Ancient sages and mystics
Gazed at these same stars.
Our ancient bones
Still dance
Rhythmic
Drum beats
Filling my chest
Pressed against yours

White light advancing...
We are that suchness...
All our ancestors are here.
Love is
Why we exist.
Light begetting light.

Ancient lovers
Gazed at these same stars,
Bathing in moonlight.
We make love
Beneath these same stars,
Bathing in moonlight.
Light begetting light.

You whisper softly
And
The trees carry
That hymn
To our ancestors.
Love is
Why we exist.
Light begetting light.

White light advancing...
Our return imminent.
All our ancestors
Are here.
We are that suchness.
Light begetting light.
All gazing at these same stars.

We are
Pure light
Gazing at light.
Light begetting light.
Our return imminent.
All our ancestors
Are here.