rich and grateful

i have much more than many and

many have much more than me but

what i have i’m willing to share

and wealth is not of possessions but

of peace of mind and a heart full

of love and thus i am rich and grateful

Primavera

 hola, all you pretty flowers and verdant grasses

i've awaited your renaissance after a long prior

troublesome year that has brought much angst,

much sorrow with many many 'lagrimas'

let me open the windows of my abode to

seduce your wonderous cielo azul, the still

cool but warm breezes to blow in and listen

to the glee of birds and critters at play

there's a joy you bring that makes 'mi corazon'

flutter and i see smiles on faces passing by

strollers with newborns being pushed along,

little children skipping, mothers and dads joy

and as i consume the days' beginning whilst

the suns' sprawled rays pierce between limbs

of trees now sprinkled with new buds and white

cottons have replaced the greys, cast shadows

whilst, my heart and spirit has longed for your

arrival, so too i'm sure, all other life here on this

floating blue rock in our piece of the universe

is welcoming your gentle touch of Spring

in their absence Love remains

 

when one departs from this mundane sojourn

they enter into the light, onto a new peaceful journey

it is sad for those left behind who shared in their circle of love

but we must find the strength to celebrate shared time in the heart

 

it is okay to lament and to cry in their absence, for the void they

left behind in memories, little and grand, that will assuredly

be nurtured by tears flowing at moments unexpectedly

but a heartfelt reminder, their spirit is still present

 

what is intrinsic in love, is that once it’s been shared it will

always remain, never to wane even in their absence

for love is ever-present, not belonging to any one

but held by all things living and shared by all

 

Love is eternal

 

Love is there, here, if you reach and grasp it,

must be desired, embraced, be intertwined,

enmeshed, consumed by its intrinsic spirit

 

one must love to love, like a tree with the sky

or the bird with the wind, the river with the sea,

like a canine that loves without conditions

 

if one understands Love, enters into its abode

they will wish never to leave its vicinity, never

again to depart from its grasp

 

open your eyes, your ears, your smell, your

touch to where you can feel it with your heart

and soul and you will reside in its eternity

we are in this together

 

...see that one daisy, that's me

which one is you, are you amidst

this field of beauty in Nature

 

although we may all look the same

we must remember that we all have

roots in the earth as does the mountain

 

we, all, are under the same sky in the day

the sun shines on all of us and in the noir of

night. so too. under the moon and the stars

 

and under our petals, the cool shade and

shelter we provide for all the tiny critters that

scurry about in day and night, are grateful to us

 

remember, that in this mundane sojourn  we all

have a place, a significance

my expanded dream catcher

 

how should i paint on this canvas the transformative

configurations and choice of color hues of the attire

that i now resolve to wear after the battle that I and

my strong and resilient wife have endured

 

in defying of an insidious and unexpected, potential

upending life attack and challenge, recalculates one’s

priorities in space and time, makes one’s eyes more

keen as to the clarity of what is beauty

 

the dream catcher within, the spirit of my being is now

sprawled wide to consume the winds of life, to capture,

in its sails, the verve that had been illusory, having being,

‘just riding the wind’

 

If you see me out and about, be cognizant that my sails

are at full mast up, the torrent of my spirit’s energy

might capture yours and the moment of our meeting

may be caught in my ‘dream catcher’ sales

Life is beautiful is Love

 Life is beautiful

it waivers not in its natural display

recognizes the presence of consciousness

knows it is responsible for welcoming making our stay

 

Life knows of those that can see

knows of those that can hear and smell

is aware of the feeling in hearts and that the spirits

who flutter about in its aura is but an extension of itself

 

we are sacred to Life’s makeup

integral in its existence, its consciousness

and so being this is the case, we are all part of this

we are the whole of Life we are all one, Life made of Love