1. Angel of Compassion
2. Quiet Isolations
3. Pure Eternal Heart
4. What If
5. Art
6. The Drop in the Ocean of Life
7. From Dawn to Twilight
8. Love
9. Concealed Beneath the Noise
10. Drama
11. Peaceful Stream
12. Are You Awakening?
13. A Better World
14. Other Eyes

Angel of Compassion

Her unutterable presence cradled my soul,
My heart nestled, pressed against her bosom.

Her every beat and pulsation was of love and compassion.

Though suffused and imbued by her luminescence and radiance,
I knew this was only the prelude.

She gestured for me to join her on a journey.
In a flash we were at the bedside of a mother
Grieving the sudden death of her young son. "Why, God? Why?
He was only four - his life not yet begun."
She screamed in agony, heart bleeding, quelling profanity.

The angelic one originated a dirge; the elegy was not for my discernment.
The angel seemed to hug the mother's lamentation,
Saturating each wound and trauma with compassion.

Our journey was long and arduous from an execution, to a suicide,
To a starving child, to those immersed in depression.

Before our journey ended, I asked,
"Why don't we always reap what we sow and sow what we reap?
And why does it seem the divine universe has turned its face on so many?"

She cradled my soul and whispered, "Look within."

Her every beat and pulsation was of love and compassion.

Quiet Isolations

In my quiet isolations the truth echoes in my ears.
The mysteries of life shade the sun and coerce me,
wondering, when will justice ever come.
I dance with my fears and again before long
the truth echoes in my ears.
I laugh at the paradox of it all
and then anguish and torment every detail of my last fall.
Is destiny the answer, or are we really the cause of it all.
Perhaps they flow together, balancing and adjusting life’s matter.
Whatever the season or behavior, it all has a reason.
We all dance in the light, bathe in self pity and strive to be free.
In my quiet isolations
I can see you, you, and me,
every star and grain of sand
and when I become very quiet,
I can even reach out and touch
infinity’s hand.

Pure Eternal Heart

We recoil and retreat from our pure eternal heart

and find refuge in this mirage we call our self.

Failing to recognize this, we build a fortress of egoic lies

to defend, protect and enhance this mistaken identity

causing us to sink deeper into duality

and to recoil and retreat from our intrinsic goodness

and find refuge in superiority and inferiority.

The song of your true essence is heard in stillness

to rest in the pure eternal heart.

To inquire into and see through this mirage

and to transcend its insatiable thirst.

To be a boundless vessel,

to channel the music of the universe.

What If

What if the peddlers of hate and racism were unable to find

anyone interested in purchasing their lies?

What if we were able to recognize the poison before we consumed it,

no matter how cleverly it was disguised?

What if the human race had such a major paradigm shift

that tribalism reached near extinction

and demagogues could never rise to power again

by sowing their seeds of cruelty and division?

What if your essential nature was love

and it was calling you in this moment

to be a great part of this transformation?

Art

Art at its highest is an invitation to go beyond the gravitational pull of our condition and repeated thoughts, which keep us earth bound.

It beckons our heart towards greater empathy and into realms of weightless, timeless beauty and unity.

The Drop in the Ocean of Life

The drop in the ocean of life searched for lasting happiness and peace,

but found it fleeting and soon returned to a wide spectrum of duality and isolation.

Then, its heart was infused and warmed by the shining light of evolution.

Now it searched its past for the source of responsibility

and looked only through the eyes of accountability.

But this seemed only to fortify its sense of ego identification

and left it with a feeling of separation from

the lasting happiness and peace it searched for.

Evolution continued its warm transformation.

It finally found the lasting happiness and peace it longed for,

but only after it rested in the true self it had long ago forgotten.

All this time, it was being what it was not.

It realized it was the ocean of life

experiencing itself as the drop.

From Dawn to Twilight

The shimmer and luster
of this glistening illusion
beguiles us from attuning to
our intrinsic empyreal nature.

Love

Love is not tethered to what comes and goes

or tainted by what the mind knows.

Love is the music of the heart,

which lifts the veil of separation

and removes every wall.

It is the gateway to the one heart within us all.

Concealed Beneath the Noise

Beyond the apparent reality

and concealed beneath the noise

of a chattery or turbulent mind

resides inspiration, wisdom, peace and love.

But are revealed in the calm, quiet stillness of thought

and is cradled by the source of all life itself.

Drama

Do not be seduced by the allure of the drama

or beguiled by the past or future hour

but return to the timeless jewel of life

always here, undisturbed,

peaceful, untouched by all lies.

A Peaceful Stream

In my heart

I found a peaceful stream.

I began to see

that this stream is one

with the infinite realm of love, peace,

and the birth, weaver and ending of every dream.

Oh, but how we cling to our addictions,

aversions and fear of the unknown.

We must learn not to hold on,

but to let go

and let this infinite realm

take us all the way home.

Are You Awakening?

Are you searching for security and comfort in the prison of your amnesia

or awakening to the formless essence of life?

Are you guided by the noise of a chattery mind

or expressing the music of the one heart?

Are you holding onto an image

or resting in boundless, timeless presence?

A Better World

(This is probably a little more of a quote than a poem, but I still wanted to include it)

Unconditional compassion, empathy, kindness and love are all shades of the same color and is intrinsic to all of us.

Its healing power to bring harmony where there was disharmony in our lives, and collectively, is truly miraculous.

If a relatively small number of the human race were to increase the connection to unconditional compassion, empathy, kindness and love, which already resides within their true heart, this would create a synergistic effect on humanity; a magnificent transformation; a metamorphosis for a better world.

Other Eyes

Oh, how misguided we are by our disguise

We are unable to perceive and embrace other eyes.

Oh, but when we look into other eyes

really look beyond the distance, conditioning,

beliefs, images and appearance,

we transcend all form and are able to perceive and embrace

the totality of all life and existence.