Here is another selection of poems from this week’s outpouring. I hope they speak to you. There are many more and I am truly realizing that I must find a way to get them in book form. That will become my mission for 2023. I have also declared I will do a kind of poetry and music album and that is also being lined up for next year.
The tough thing is that this teaching with Amoda takes up time, there are so many behind the scenes and technical, administrative tasks, let alone the new 501c we have just set up! It’s a busy life, this (relatively) new life in USA. We are at growth point.
Anyway back to the poems.
Thanks for reading!
Whatever it is within your heart That longs to burst forth Cherish it and nurture it Don’t let the flame Be dampened by any negativity Yours or others There is a garden inside each being Don’t let it become barren A simple turning towards it Again and again Is enough -------------------------------------- If you have caught The fragrance of love In the air You must serve that love Be bold and unashamed True and open Aware and awake Humble and ordinary Wrathful and peaceful There is no one else for the task It is your time You are the chosen one. ------------------------------------- The lightness of being Is a delicate fragrance Unencumbered by the past Throw away time’s demands And remember the innocence Of your true nature This beauty is latent within all beings But only those willing to remove their armor Can know its light. -------------------------------------- Allow yourself To feel so deeply The world pours in And is resurrected Into love. ------------------------------------- Be beautiful for no reason Shine because it is Inherent in your nature You are the sun And the moon Believing yourself To be the clouds. ------------------------------------- Master discomfort Not by doing anything But by falling deeper into being. ------------------------------------ Real love cannot be cultivated It can only be revealed For it is the very heart of us The core, the essence, But we have completely Overlooked our essence In favor of our appearance. ------------------------------------ When the fight with life is over All that is left is loving what is From that moment on All you can do is love it all Including your experience and the world However it shows up But first we must end the fight with life. ------------------------------------ Transcend culture Without rebellion Leave your ancestry Without rejecting its influence Go beyond All definitions of yourself And find peace in not knowing Who you really are What beauty there is Within the one who is simply here. ------------------------------------ You are the doorway Through which love Can arrive in the world. -------------------------------------
Thank you so much Kavi. All are beautiful and touch deeply. I very much look forward to the arrival of the book. xx