Freedom

Freedom is the opportunity of openness

Let This Moment Be The One

Martin Luther King and Thich Nhat Hahn

Are we inside worlds or outside worlds

or the world beyond where we belong

do we walk one way and float another

is there one of us or all other

is the time just now

our only way to live and say

let this moment be the one

whatever world we are walking through

there is I and me

and you

and we are here to be the most

to share our love from coast to coasts.

(Written on June 11, 2014)

Seeing the Silver Lining

Clouds come and go
and so do we
seeing the silver lining
may set us free.

Sweet Precious Poppy

Two Little Poppies

Now I’m travelling along

comfortably

and delighted most certain

to now be pain free.

And I am grateful for all

the ways I learned

the guidance and gifts

and some grace that I earned

but now what I see

and know in my heart

my little hound Poppy, was my shining star.

She popped up each morning

and settled each night

her heart was the shining

that kept my world bright

and now as I hear she has ‘entered’ from Spirit

her dear face looking up, and her tail always wagging

and her golden glow

is oh so

luminous.

I treasure my time with my little friend

who took on my pain

to carry it away

and now I feel free

and see

there’s more to this world

than one step, then two

of a shuffling whirl.

She came with a bounce

and so much life

and she left after twelve years

one sunny bright morn

and I must go on, and be not forlorn.

Our animal companions

share all we are

and serve with their love

until they return above

but now she comes occasionally

and I am heartened indeed

to ‘see and be seen’.

(Written May 22, 2014 with the Precious Spirit of Poppy)

Spiral Dancing

As we wandered outdoors

in the warm Autumn air

two monarch butterflies delighted me

by spiral dancing above our heads,

joyful moments were indeed immense.

I was walking through

red and pink Valerian blooms,

and carrying Bobby, the woolly-fella

when Poppy energy surrounded the space

as these butterflies then circled us

and I was in awe of how close they came

and stayed to play for a long time.

It was just what I needed to lift and inspire

as a few minutes before I was weeping some tears

and thinking of her,

as I saw the Viburnum near her grave

was looking healthy with new buds

soon to be blossoming after the rain.

This verse is a tribute to my little hound dog Poppy who went to spirit last September, and I posted a verse on Fully Faithfully, September 30, 2013, which was called "Hoping to Save a Potted Plant"

Here-in lies the same plant, soon to blossom.