Take me to a place
Where there are sunflowers
And tea
And the poems of Sunday
The palms from trees adorned the cross of mission life.
The mission of life is to cross over to the trees.
Blessed are the flowers
And the trees and the cross and the earth
The mission of life may be to adore the flowers
Maybe
Psalms down through the days
Sing praise when it is due
Thanks be given for sunflowers and tea
#livepoetry
<><><><><><><><><><><><><> 10/19/16
her life spreads out across us and time
time and I went to counseling
time passed
time failed
I passed through my past
to my present world
time past
was time hailed
for us
to pass on through
<><><><><><><><><><><><><> 10/18/16
What happens to trust
In the rise and fall of human relations
Trust winds its way from the beginning to the place of existence
When trust and its existence are breached
It renews itself or falls
Trust is the foundation of relationships
Trust brings satisfaction and connection and sometimes joy
Trust builds upon itself like a swallows nest
Each part dabbed onto the form of trust to make it stronger
Trust breached is restored in its willingness
To be honest
Trust is lost by the transgression
And also in the cover up
Trust is reborn in the acceptance of the truth
And the reconciliation
Love is not blind
Love is kind
Trust is not a fractured nest unless it is
Like the wind beneath the wings
Trust flies and knows upon its return
it will dab upon the cracks
The stuff of renewal
<><><><><><><><><><><><><> 10/05/16
Start with kindness
Reflect on what you find in
The opportunities of each day
Move on to joy
Shining behind tomorrow
As it arises nearly present
Find time to act
Clearly driven by kindness
In moments of uncertainty
Hold to the past
As lessons taken forward
Illuminate the path of life
Let the future
Shape, but not ordain, becoming
Become a light shining backward
Illumined path
Intentions moving through time
Opportunities for kindness
The light of days
Neither fixed or still will
guide the pathways of kindness
The light of days
Either fixed or still will
guide the pathways of kindness
The light of days
Neither fixed or still can
Not guide the pathways of kindness
<><><><><><><><><><><><><> 08/04/16
Glass is complex, as are our feelings of love and loss and love.
<><><><><><><><><><><><><> 07/02/16
What does a state of grace allow?
Does the soul transform?
Are we there somehow?
Compassion has tears
That look at the fears
Which do not matter now.
Bodies and minds
Coming to find
The whole of life somehow.
#livepoetry
<><><><><><><><><><><><><> 07/14/16
Full morning basket
happily guides perspective
to see the simple.
<><><><><><><><><><><><><> 07/14/16
Our most tender
are our most wounded
they lose the strength
and they find it again
in moments of hope
you rise above it all
in moments of pain
you crash down again.
<><><><><><><><><><><><><> 06/16/16
The souls roll by on the road of life
Tiny dreams in a steady stream
Propel each one to a place uncertain
Languishing in the early morn
Not forming thoughts full enough to grasp
Holding out some hope of a larger meaning today.
<><><><><><><><><><><><><> 06/23/16
Here’s to the bright and shiny things
Here’s to the loves that my life brings
Here’s to the sharing now
Because life turns out this way somehow
Here’s to the sharing with any who carry
The light of kindness overcoming blindness
Sharing now
Sharing space
Sharing life
Sharing grace
Whole earth moved around the sun
Never left, not anyone
Earth each day with light of dawn
Brings to life all that abounds
Through the day ‘til sun goes down
Handling life with all around
Life unbound is held somehow
To all the sharing we do now
Sharing this and sharing that
Life goes on despite the cat
How we do is life emerging
Energy in time is surging
Held together by life’s urging
Held together across space and time
Living out our lives sublime
Mystery held without a doubt
Being here
Being here
Being alive
Without a doubt
<><><><><><><><><><><><><> 05/27/16
The wind came up
The field grasses wavered
And bent on their stems
Two white butterflies
Flew through the meadow
Dancing around each other
Floating and flapping on the wind
They made their way
To the western edge
Then one white butterfly
Landed in the grass
And the other flew on alone
To the place where a long dead tree
Leaned on a living tree.
Smiles and kisses
Dreams and schemes
Plans and hopes
Made up this thing
Random lucky breaks
And hard work and sweat
Smiles and kisses
Dreams and schemes
Happy children
Long days and sleepy nights
Words and looks
Things from books
Smiles and kisses
Dreams and schemes
Days of caring
Days of sharing
Lifetime legacy
After all this
Smiles and kisses
Dreams and schemes
Hopes and visions
Small changes
Big changes
Major setbacks
Lived through with grace and stamina
Smiles and kisses
Dreams
Dreams foregone and fulfilled
Schemes aplenty
But mostly simply
Being
Being together
Through all this
Smiles and kisses
Simple joys
Happy dinners
Sons all grown
All of them sharing
Smiles and kisses
Smiles and kisses
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 09/11/13
It’s not about fighting. It’s about being. Therese
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 09/11 13
Power responds to power
Kindness responds to kindness
Civility responds to civility
When people exercise power
With kindness and civility
People win
All people
All of us will be satisfied
If we conduct ourselves
Powerfully
Kindly
Civilly
Potencia responde al poder
La bondad a la piedad
Civilidad responde a la civilidad
Nos pueblo ejerce el poder
con amabilidad y cortesía
Las personas ganan
Todos
Todos vamos a estar satisfechos
Si nos conducimos
Poderosamente
Amablemente
Civilmente
تستجيب السلطة إلى السلطة
اللطف يستجيب إلى اللطف
الكياسة وتستجيب لالكياسة
نحن شعب ممارسة السلطة
مع اللطف والكياسة
تربح الناس
كل الناس
وعلينا جميعا أن نرضى
إذا كان لنا أن نتصرف
بقوة
يرجى
بتهذيب
动力响应电源
善良回应恩情
礼貌回应文明
我们人民行使权力
用善良和礼貌
笼络人心
所有人
我们所有的人会感到满意
如果我们自己行为
有力
和蔼
民事
But, for the rest of us
The time has come
to stand up
if we can
Or sit together
And raise up
our thoughts and votes
to the heights
they need to arise
Yes, and, for the rest of us
The gathering time has arrived
We arise in loving response
to our sisters and brothers
All of us care for each one.
That is how the world should be
for the rest of us.
Inspired by Tim Konrad