poetry

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A Quiet Temptation

Sometimes, a secret well kept is a secret well earned.

That unspoken notion floats in the stream of thought.

Words unspoken that dance on the tip of the tongue.

It’s just a quiet rhythm beating in your heart.

It rushes through your veins.

A quiet temptation

of Joy.

 

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Return to the Center

Let it pass

The ebb and flow of our inner tide

Back to the world

Then let it into our hearts

I can return to this place

The center

Currents of breath suffuse the world

Endless bounty within

Boundless love without

I can return to this place

Breathe in

Eddies of the tide coalesce around us

Ready to give all

Be ready to take it in

I can return to this place

Breathe out

We can return here

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Clean?

It’s dirty,

         I’ll wash it.

Some soap, some water

It’s not clean enough!

        It’s like I’m spreading dirty

Swirling it really

      I’ll wash it again.

Maybe more water

I know it’s old,

        It has character.

It’s still not clean.

No amount of lotion

          will save these hands.

They’ll crack, I know.

But there are too many

         Other people bring the dirt.

Is it futile because

      It’s old?

          It’s used?

I’ll wash it again.

No relief.

No relief.

             What will they think?

It’s still dirty!

More anxiety.

          Tears?

Just more water

          Maybe it will be clean.

I feel dirty, too.

          I let it be filthy,

             The others don’t matter.

If it were mine alone

ALONE

It wouldn’t be dirty.

         Please, no more

It is dirty,

           I’ll wash it.

My hands itch.

It’s dirty.

It’s dirty.

No relief!

Another night gone.

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Love will set you free.

Take from the world what you will

Will from the world what you need

Scream it to the skies, let it out

Cup your hands and catch the sun

I’ll share this with you and come undone

Spiral into sacred water, let you drink

Beat through your heart, feed your soul

Freeze back to me and leave you full

Get lost with me through the trees

Full and empty just with camaraderie

Wait for the fire to rain through the clouds

Fly when gravity holds you like a mother

Closer to my breast, feel this warmth inside

Charge and cheer your way to me

I spread this love, love will set you free

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Narragansett

Tiny knot in the sand waiting for me

Untidy, untie me, grains rush past

Slivers of gold and silver fractured through time

Rushing in white, leaving in blue

Flashes of weight left over from before

Withered, weathered bones of the Earth

Through the glass iris into the depths

Tiny tangle waiting for the hands

Slowly tumble back

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Good Tidings

Tide that must ebb and flow

Release this transient moon

Shining bright on broken shore

Cycle in to me once more

Tide ever you come and go

Even let the raging monsoon

Break down the unforgiving land

Crystal lost into the sand

Tide please whisper in the air

Blue cries in the to and fro

Hear the endless, timeless song

The world will always sing along

Tide to travel far and come near

Ancient thing that we can know

I hear the words said to me

The only way we ought to be