Wednesday, April 30, 2008

i've been on a ride. met a beautiful man. finished school. went to cuba. making lots of room for the new. wrote some poems this morning. this one's about the individual versus the whole.

I versus the cosmos

yet still you remain small
as the sun calls you by soul
and stretches you out long
invites you to sing

yet still you remain small
as the Great Wind taps
on your door
to show you the gifts
that you have asked it to bring
won’t you explore?

yet still you cut yourself off
yet still you remain small
when the earth births
berries, flowers and juice
that yearns for your lips
yet you give her your tooth
accept the gifts
and stand up tall
for that’s the redeeming offer
to give back for it all

yet still you cut yourself off
yet still you remain small
you close the door
you turn up the sound
you throw more noise
where glory is to be found
won’t you clean up
for glory to be found

why not stand up?
why not sing out
why not dance in grace
at the abundance that pours out
why do you remain small?

it’s given freely each day
not to your heavy name
but for your infinite, light soul
the abundance pours out
freedom to share
beauty to give

redeem with a straight back,
open hands and a wave
from your heart
yet still you cut yourself off
yet still you remain small

when all your nightly cries
are fulfilled in the day
dropped in places
so obvious to see
why can’t you receive?
why can’t you accept?
why do you cut yourself off?
why do you remain small?

the mother prepares a feast
yet the child won’t come to the table
it has all been laid out
all the dreams
have been brought to the fore

but still you wander
why won’t you come home?

please stand up tall
and melt back into the cosmos

she’s calling you again
to melt back into the cosmos

ride the wings
you were meant to soar

please stand up tall
as you melt back into the cosmos

1 Comments:

At 12:34 p.m., Blogger Jim Tolles said...

That's a pretty cool poem. "But still you remain small." Indeed many of us do. It is a strange thing to shed the smallness and then feel our largesse. Then we shed both the small and large to realize that we're both.

 

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