SADNESS

SADNESS

Comes in waves,

the sadness does.

We think there is no end to this

and there isn’t 

as long as your heart

is opened to all the world.

We are disconnected from our true selves

and from each other.

If you hide your grief

you hide your heart.

When you hide your heart

you imprison your joy.

Grieve for your losses,

Grieve for all our losses.

We are in this thing together

whether we allow ourselves the sensitivity

to feel it or not.

ICING ON THE CAKE

ICING ON THE CAKE

The soul works through the night

Posing possibilities to consciousness,

A dream readies the dreamer

For challenges to come,

Early morning stillness

Reveals the status of the man

To himself,

We are all awaiting the great arrival

Where the pieces of all journeys

Come together

Into one grand understanding,

We are hoping to breathe easy

Before our final ah ha!

Meanwhile, with all this heady poetry

Feigning depth and thoughtfulness

I have once again forgotten to thank God

For my life and all the attendant blessings,

My lust drives my thinking

And I wake up wanting more;

More of this or that

Or better,

And faster and then

Just a little more.

Not knowing how to slow or start

residing in this moment gratefully,

I stumble sideways,

wobbly, out of balance

tripping, crashing into and through

most events

Like some comic buffoon

Prat falling for laughs,

yet no one’s laughing,

especially not myself.

The performance ends,

there is no where to go and nothing more

 to grab onto,

All that I need I have right here,

Air to breathe is the first gift,

Everything after that,

Icing on the cake.