Silence

Unspoken speech
Absorbs my soul
I listen to it teach
Unspoken speech
Never tries to preach
Yet makes me whole
Unspoken speech
Absorbs my soul

Forgotten Cares

Forgotten cares
Travel on the wings of the night
Forgotten cares
Release sighs of relief from fears
Reality reveals great light
And chase all the blues out of sight
Forgotten cares

Slow Down

Swept off by anxiety’s brush
Everyone just seems in a rush
Almost no time to enjoy the hush
Diminished peace
Sweet dreams and hope crush
Discord increase

Stress raids and havocs life’s lush
Healthy relaxation no longer plush
And soon chaos continue to gush
Silent pleads it to cease
Slow down, unwind and blush
Enjoy release

Rendezvous with Love

Small coffee
Corn bread muffin
Large chamomile tea
Table for two
Maybe, three

Quiet expression
Searching through eyes,
Longing for peace,
For answers
For forgiveness

Spoken words
Mingled with emotions
Disclosed, exposed
Vulnerable
Unembarrassed

Life intersects
Fork of the road
Body’s separate
Mind parted ways
Spirit moves along

Session with the built-in therapist

Being shielded by her own emotion
Is what made her drift off and roam
As she approached me in slow motion
To ask for the path leading back to home

Curious, but I didn’t analyze her dismay
How long she may have been nomadic
Why she felt safe to ask me for the way
Or whether this lifestyle was sporadic

She told me that she called herself Verona
And wanted to share her purpose with me
Or maybe it was to defend her persona
That may have been flagged as too free

She told me her heart ached with desire
Nearly blossomed to a tolerable degree
Into someone everyone would admire
Only to lose whom she was born to be.

She did not want to become such an addict
Feeling like an empty shell from outer space
So she decided to resolve the inner conflict
With values silver or gold could not replace.

Each step she took during her time astray
Optimimistic of finding her true identity
Graciously, she sang and danced that day
She found and embraced a life of serenity

On Bended Knees

On bended knees I pose to pray
Open up the door of hope, please
Even with no words, I just stay
On bended knees

Yesterday’s pain I need to ease
I’d like you to blow the cares away
Oh life, I yearn your loving squeeze

Will you whisper to me today?
I prostrate myself by these trees
When I’m uncertain what to say
On bended knees

Festival

Vault in my heart
Open
Let out the scarecrow

Resurrected mind
Dance
Soar morning and evening

Awakened spirit
Sing
Celebrate aliveness

Thus Says Universe

Come
Everyone who is thirsty
Drink
Quench your thirst

Hungry?
Come to my feast
Eat
Still your pang of hunger

Weary one
Rest
Give me
All your cares

Wounded child
Come to me
I can make
You whole again

Friendship

Freedom of integrity that uplifts one’s spirit Relationship that encourages self-responsibility
Invites each other to embrace empowering choices
Enjoys celebrating each other’s special moments
Nourishes each others’ authenticity
Demands nothing; instead, shares freely
Supportive during the most trying times
Holds hands, hugs souls, enriches minds
Inspires gracious sense of camaraderie
People who choose to respect one another

Awake What Lies Within

Awake the eagle within you
Stretch your wings and soar
Rise high above each storm

Awake the courage within you
Transcend everyday distraction
Allow yourself to live more

Awake the giant within you
Discover your inner strength
Be willing to rekindle bliss

No Words Needed

Smile means so much
Many faces light up
Closed hearts awaken
Locked up lives open
When someone smiles

A smile says I care
smiles whispers hello
Smile announces I’m here
Smiles pronounces I like you
Smile introduces I love you

My Favourite Tree

There’s the family tree
Yet my favourite tree
The little reed

It bends with the wind
Lies flat when stomped
Shows me resilience

Some tress provide food
My favourite tree
Teaches temperament

Surrender is not failing
Like spirit, the little reed
Calm and strong

Sincerity Prayer

Spirit! Bestow upon me
Willingness to live genuinely
Courage to press on with you
Patience when you seem slow
Appreciation for what you are
Acceptance of how you do things

Rapture

spirit rouses within
soul reveals its beauty
nerves vibrate with glee
body trembles with joy
mind surrenders to love

Soft & Gentle

Your hands so strong
Yet so gentle and soft
As you stroke my cheeks
I feel the magic of love

The passion in our souls
Glows with much delight
As we enjoy this moment
I feel the magic of love

Where do I go

Where do I go when I am tired?
Tell me where do I go
When my flesh is tempted
Oh where do I go?

Where do I go to ease my mind?
Tell me where do I go
When nothing makes sense
Oh where do I go?

Where do I go to find truth?
Tell me where do I go
When I need honest answers
Oh where do I go?

Where do I go in the good times?
Tell me where do I go
When the impossible disappears
Oh where do I go?

…for a restful break
…for the answers you seek
…when you need to celebrate
…when you need truth
spirit beckons…come

First Love

In a twinkle of an eye
It is all woos and ahs
Unexpected passion
Laced with excitement
As love cascades its flare

Scintillating splendour
Spills of enchantment
Radiate the ambience
Whispers of I love you

Amid nervous restlessness

Dear Daddy

I miss you much more than you know
In spite of the years that have passed
Since the day that you breathed your last
Still I struggle to let you go

The spoonful of care you fed me so
Enough to keep you unsurpassed
I miss you much more than you know
In spite of the years that have passed

To live your life in divine glow
Was why God’s parted us so fast
Dad, I know you’re having a blast
Though I’m glad He ended your woe
I miss you much more than you know
In spite of the years that have passed

Mommy Dear

Hey, Mommy
Do you love me?
Yes I love you
Do you love me?
You asked Daddy
Yes I love you
I love you two

Watch you grow
We love you so
Soon though
You will say
I love you too
But not to me
Or even daddy

Then Mommy
Please tell me
Who will it be?
Wait you’ll see
Love is the key
Say it sincerely
On bended knee

Keepsakes

One, two, three
little trinkets
Hidden in the closet
Each encased
In its own mystery

Time knows their age
Three little trinkets
Expensive
Tarnished
Out of shape

tried to recollect
Want to recall
Why I kept
Three little trinkets
I do not remember

Maybe, just maybe
When I ask them
Why they are here
Three little trinkets
Never forsaken

Sure enough
Three little trinkets
Full of memories
Happily reveal
Presence of purpose

Happy Birthday

Another year crowned with many blessings
doors and windows opened wide
Occasions for holding on
Or
Letting go

Witnessing myself and others grow
T’was a year of great success you know
I welcome another year-
Of
Awareness

Heal Me With Music

The marriage
Of musical instruments
Echo the auditorium

Tunes vibrate my chest
As my broken steps
Jig to the rhythm

Electric guitars screech
And pulsating drumbeats
Synchronize the bass

Speakers howl
The floor gyrates
Adding pep to my moves

My clapping hands
And off key singing
Added to the entertainment

The sweet melody
From the spinning vinyl
Chased away the blues

The Scoop

I am in a hurry
But my dear God
Take your time
Because I need patience

I tend to worry
But my dear God
Test my cold feet
Because I need perseverance

My insight is blurry
So my dear God
Lead me to you
Because I need guidance

My life is to give you glory
So my dear God
Give me courage
Because I need endurance

That’s why each day
I pray for these things
You know that I need them
So dear God, send them now

The Restless Sea

On a calm day
Waves roll in
Frothy but gentle…

Sometimes they
Blast against rocks
As they get wilder
They rise high
And slam
Into mountains…

But in a restless rage
Waves furiously
Rush to shore
Destroying
Everything
In their way…

Then tamed breaks
Resume
For a while…

Moments

Sometimes I reach for the stars
While I am down in the valley

Sometimes I sing and shout
From the top of the mountains

Sometimes I laugh out loud
When I attempt to keep still

Sometimes I just stand in awe
As I watch the clouds roll by

Sometimes I keep myself busy
By doing absolutely nothing

Sometimes I tell God what to do
Instead of listening to her plans

Sometimes I even struggle
For a pause along the way

Sometimes I hold on tightly
To what I need to let go

Sometimes I surrender
When I should hang on

Sometimes I think out loud
In the quietness of my mind

Sometimes I am confuse
About simple things in life

Most times I just let life be
Let God love and caress me

Prelude to Love

I will show you my smile
If you promise to stay
Even for a little while
I will make your day

I will show you my smile
When you’re very sad
Even for a little while
I can make you glad

I will show you my smile
Let you read my heart
Even for a little while
You can rip my mind apart

I will show you my smile
Try to ease your plight
Even for a little while
I can help you see the light

I will show you my smile
Pick you up if you fall
Even for a little while
I can wait up for your call

I will show you my smile
And the piece of me that almost died
Even for a little while
Your love for me I had denied

I will show you my smile
To remind you love’s never late
Even for a little while
Let life take us on a date

I will show you my smile
As we reach the stars above
Even for a little while
We will testify to love

Omnipresence

Where can I hide from you?
When you see and know
Everything that I ever do

When I’m feeling sad or blue
You know about the blow
Where can I hide from you?

It is no point to even argue
Or to attempt not to show
Everything that I ever do

You see each tantrum I threw
Be it recent or long time ago
Where can I hide from you?

Even if I stay out of view
You are going to and fro
Everything that I ever do

How you find me I’ve no clue
You know when I cry or glow
Where can I hide from you?
Everything that I ever do

Sweet Surrender

Two hearts longing for comfort
Passion locked in redeemed silence
Love knocked on the vacant door
To close the agony of loneliness
The whispering wind approved
By blowing away layers of sadness

Soft caress replaced all the sadness
They both enjoyed heavenly comfort
The stillness of the garden approved
Smiles bounced off their silence
Tenderness walked in; out scurried loneliness
Vowing to peek through the door

Pleasured hearts opened hope’s door
As they danced to forget their sadness
And filled the pockets of loneliness
With soothing words of great comfort
Until they could only hear silence
As it played tunes of approval

The doves dropped scrolls of approval
And flew back to their door
Excitement not enough to douse silence
But sufficient to bury all sadness
As tears of ecstasy brought comfort
Absolving their lives from all loneliness

Their potential scared away their loneliness
Fluttering of entwined heartbeats approved
They sang in tune with comfort
Eternity walked through the front door
That very day they denounced sadness
Every moment they gazed in silence

They made wedding plans with silence
Courage eviscerated every bit of loneliness
Waved goodbye to old intense sadness
Family, loved ones, friends surely approved
Just as they entered through the door
There again, were joy and comfort

Comfort welcomed them at its door
Silence curtseyed, blessed, and approved
Sadness and loneliness never returned

Ad Infinitum

No more hunger, thirst or rationing
Just celebrations and endless feasting
No yesterdays, todays or tomorrows
Just timeless, formless, changeless

No regrets, loneliness or its sorrows
Just happiness, laughter and serenity
No songs of why me, why me, poor me
Just tunes and choruses of eternity

No time for dirges, tears or mourning
Just dancing and nonstop merrymaking
No more wanting, needing and wishing
Just plenty, only plenty in infinity

Risking

Life brought us together
Our souls unite forever

This is not just destiny
It is the path of eternity