Think Big

What keeps you small?  

Wherever that shows up  
no matter  
how minute the issue is —  
if you are small in some way  
Release it.  

It’s time  
to step up to the plate  
Leave your childhood  
protectors behind  
Face them  
Thank them for having  
kept you safe ­—  
Now they are  
keeping you small.  

Acknowledge  
and move on  
to the land of big.  

You are here to add  
to this glorious cosmos  
You are here to  
open our eyes  
to something  
we could not see without you.  
You have a place  
in the stream  
You have a place  
in the world.  

You can’t get there
by being small
     and comfortable
          and safe.

The big picture
is your birthright
It’s time
to step up
and claim it.

The Edge

 

The war is over.

That raging battlefield  
inside  
trying to set you free.  

There is nothing  
left to fight  
save the remains  
of a thought  
that someone is  
tying you down.  

The spirits wait  
for you to fly with them
to plan your course  
and stay with it.

Your safety
is not their concern.

Jump
and feel that
deeply embedded within you.

There is no place  
to land.




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Fire

 

Inner spirit  
bursting with flame  
I am here to show you  
your sedate ways  
Your willingness to do  
the same thing  
every day  
How seriously  
you take yourself.  

Fire  
That burning itch  
inside you  
that begs to do  
something different today.  
Something new!  
Your patterns  
are a bore  
your daily rituals  
nightly preparations  
I am here to  
shake you up  
Dance on the ceiling  
Open you up  
to the big picture  
and worldly passions.  

Fire!  
I am here  
to befriend you  
Feed me  
and I will feed you  
Feel me  
and I will  
keep you alive  
Nourish me  
and your burning desires  
will ignite your heart  
to live in this world with  
Fire!  


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Cosmic Flow

Caught in a love stream  
the one that usually  
flows past me  
as I get trapped  
in the rocks  
by a twig  
in a whirlpool.  

Somehow  
this time  
I'm swept away  
pushed forward.  
I can't see ahead  
can only sense behind.  

The current is soft  
gentle  
but I'm definitely  
caught  

this time  
in the flow.


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Essence

Unfolding  

our true self  
expressing  
what it wants  
needs  
prefers  
through us.  

Time  

it takes time  
to know ourselves —  
how we feel  
what we want to do  
what we do best  
how we want to be.  

What does  
this soul  
need?  
Find it  
tend to it  
treat it with care  

and a blossoming  
like no other  
can be created  
in this lifetime  

to share.


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Inside Out

Turn me inside out  
to see the raw material  
I live by —  
the uncalculated  
uncontrolled  
free spirit  
I am.  

Exposed:  
My heart  
facing it's deepest struggles.  

Exposed:  
My lungs  
filling fully after chemicals  
wore them down.  

Exposed:  
My liver  
flushing out  
the toxic waste that plugged it.  

Here I am,
ready, present  
and fully believing
that inner strength keeps growing  
wisdom is not elusive  
joy is not fleeting  
and the gates to creativity  
open deeper and deeper  

as we travel  
toward the sun  
on the road called life.

Seeds

Allow the world  
to be new again —  
to me.  

Wake up my
wonderment 
enjoyment.  
Garden from a
sense of innocence.  

What would happen  
if I threw a handful of  
seeds out there —  
what might grow?  

Experiment, play  
Drop all my technicalities.  
Laugh, dance, have fun.  

What would happen,  
really?

Leaving Childhood

One day
not suspecting
what would happen
I left childhood.

I never knew
I would find myself
so alone
in the world.

Not a soul
to turn to
not a friend
with which to share.

I left childhood
on a bright morning
wearing my favorite dress
which I would never wear again.

I fell into silence
that only the stars shared
and all I would trust
was Orion to guide me home.

Apprenticeship

Apprentice yourself
to you.

Learn about your
weaknesses, liabilities
deepest longings
talents, gifts
delightful ways.

You are a work in progress
like any piece of art:
a start here
a stroke there
Unknown at the beginning
how it will end up
what form it will take
what message it will radiate.

The adolescence of being —
searching
experimenting
pushing into new places.
An exciting adventure
of procurement
enlivenment
discovery.

A world of doors opening
to the imagination
driven by inquisitiveness
Leading to
developing
and unfolding
Joy.

Sitting

I could sit here for years  
and not tire of you.  

Every butterfly  
could touch my head  
Every wildflower  
open full  
Every pine cone  
fall by my side  
And I would still want more.  

Every duck  
could float on by  
Every ripple  
travel through  
Every breeze  
mess my hair  
And I would still want more.  

Every bough  
could brush my arm  
Every bird  
chirp its song  
Every dusk  
have it's dawn  
And still...  

I could sit here for years  
and not tire of you.