Rising Up Part II

Photo Salvatore Vuono

Rising Up Part II

Yes, still I rise

Out of the darkness

Out of the ashes

Just like a Phoenix

Wings flaying, flapping

Against the resistance

Up beyond earth

Beyond clouds, beyond sky

A few more laughs

A few more tears

Babies, children, pets

Pain, joy, longing

Death, love, fears

To freedom at last

And whatever waits there

I’m rising up

Connection

Connection

What is it that connects us all?

Humans and angels

Flowers and trees

Animals and birds

Earth and seas

There is only one thing

It could possibly be

Love is the answer

Love is the key

Candles

Tonight I light candles

Not just for my creations

Both here and to come

But for mankind

Those that suffer

Those that are sick

Those experiencing lack

The innocent

The downtrodden

Those with addiction

Those with broken hearts

I light these candles

To gently burn away our pasts

So as to ready us for our futures

Tonight I light candles for peace

Tonight I light candles for you

All I Am

Tonight a thousand stars shine down upon me

A thousand rivers flow by me

A thousand mountains tower above me

A thousand forests surround me

But only one heart

One thought

One love

One bliss

In all

I AM

Love, Unchanging

Love knows itself

as you

as me

as the perception

the ability

to know

myself defines

my love

for you

I change

I grow

Love, unchanging

grows in me

flows through me

extends to you

more pure

more tolerant

more unconditional

I love myself

for all I am

I am love, unchanging

Scattered

Scattered

I am alone

I am cold

I am waiting

I hear the rain

I hear the wind

I am the sea

You are alone

You are cold

You are waiting

You are the rain

You are the wind

You stir the sea

We are together

We are warm

We are not waiting

We are the rain

We are the wind

We are the sea

And the sand on the shore

Is scattered once more

But the number of grains

Stays the same

My Angel

My Angel’s soft and silver wings

appear above my bed

where numberless tears flow.

I feel myself as dead.

“Arise, Dear One”, she speaks to me

“you are not lost – your life will be

better than its ever been”.

She touched my face,

my head begin to spin.

She showed me paths on which I’d walked

from carefree childhood days,

when love and freedom were my play.

Then to my youth and my mistakes,

and times like now

when I feel my heart will surely break.

But,

she showed me how I always healed.

My heart is strong as is my will.

It always turned out better

from the lessons I had learned.

So even though he chose to leave,

my Angel always stays with me,

remaining with me down every road

I ever have or will trod,

reminding me that I belong to God.

If You Couln't Fail

Photo Chaiwat

What would you do

If you knew you ‘d not fail?

Invent something new?

Write a new tale?

Say I love you

To someone at last?

Embrace the future

Get out of the past?

Stop working so hard

Take more time for play?

Go out on a limb

With something to say?

Go on and do it!

You may not succeed,

But not trying at all

Where can that lead?

Bare Soul



Photo Rob Wiltshire



Is the soul at its best

When it’s bared

Laid open

Exposed

So fragile and vulnerable

So full

So empty

Expectant

Or should it remain concealed

Closed

Like a bud

That drops from the stem

Unwilling to open

And reveal itself

Its beauty hidden

forever

2012

                                                                        

There’s violence in our streets

Our hearts are filled with fear

Our families cannot eat

Their faces stained with tears

Yet there is talk of hope

A promise soon of change

Still that hundred note

Comes with so much pain

Is 2012 a dream?

We can make it all come true

By following our star

Although it seems so far

The one that splits that night

That’s always stood for right

Two thousand years ago

Three wise men made it so

And through all space and time

The message was the same

I’ve come back once again

and teach you to walk on water

To save your sons and daughters

This can’t be what was planned

For our American land

Its not why my dad burned

That draft card or mom burned

Her bra in that march

On Washington DC

It was 1963

They burned for each other

And that is why there’s me

Lets choose hope not despair

You know we’re here to care

Out of the darkness now

Into the Light somehow

With love as our guide

In love we must abide

To bring us to that shore

For those we so adore

We must learn to walk on water

To save our sons and daughters

Is 2012 a dream?

Can we follow our star?

The one that stands for right

To save our sons and daughters.