Birth Rite of Passage

Shining alone

a beacon as the light

in the night

from the spire

off the ledge

at the deep and

rocky edge

 

Ship at Sea

Relying on me

as the illumination

saving her from

devastation

I shine here alone....

lonely

Like the brevity of the

meeting

of the sand and the foam

Tide in, then retreating

Glorious moments of  collided

connection

 

Must prepare for the

rejection

For it always comes

as it must

And once more, I

must entrust

my lonely heart to

intertwine

with this deep purpose

of mine

 

Shining alone

a beacon as the light

in the night

from the spire

off the ledge

at the deep and

rocky edge

Parts, Partners and Pieces

No shadow lives without light
Light needs the shadow to shield its eyes
from the constant shine
The eyes of light long to be the shadow
as the soul of the shadow wishes to linger as the light
sometimes

Shadow
Light
Warmth
Respite
Peace
Perplexion
All coexist in the same moment, the same sentence, the same person
always

I live in the light
I grow in the shadow
I meander and move into one
Out of the other effortlessly and with ease
It is the way of a life lived in peace
The dark and the light
Parts...partners, pieces of the same whole
always

I am my own light
I own my hard fought for shadows
Light and shadow
Like you and me
Pieces of the same whole, parts of each other
Partners.....always

I am your light
You, my shadow
and we shift and move as the sun arcs in the sky
The shadow grows long...
Embracing the light so she may sleep
As he sleeps, he dreams of the deep soul stretch he will know
in the morning...
always

soft place to fall

knowing your gig
in this vast universe
of possibilities
is a gift

one difficult to open
perhaps
taking years to allow it to be 
placed before you

pretty bows and shiny paper
presentation hard fought
for...
the road to this place deeply trodden

joy and peace, pain, loss and
gain
were your stepping stones
the path led you to your current peace

seated in your soul
faithful in your freedom
standing solid in your 
perfect purpose

and it still
ain't easy, still you ache
at times
stepping stones led you here

stones are hard
so is life
if we trust in ourselves
we can live in the hardness of the stones

we can allow a soft place to fall
when he or she or they or it shows up
I fell into the soft place
and it was good

juxtaposed perhaps?
the hard and the soft
or just sister parts of this
thing we call life?

today I honor the hard
the soft
the stones
and the soft places
I have gratefully fallen into

Shining

Dishing it out, giving my all
Making sure all are equally cared for
Did I forget about myself?

Denied my needs again
This is getting old
and so am I

As I age..I learn about the me I was
and am and shall be
Why do I deny the nourishment to get there?

If I climb a mountain do I not prepare
I train, I study, I equip myself
And allow the tools to be my partners

Or I die

Am I waiting around to die some day
Or am I living my days boldly
If I am hungry, I eat....Thirsty, I drink

If I am alone and prefer to be with others
then I choose today to be with others, shining
If I am content to shine alone

Then I am alone, shining

It's my decision....today
Tomorrow
and beyond....today I choose to live

BOLDLY

In whatever way I live
let me live it my way...my life...no more dying
Today I choose me