The Collective

Tonight
You come
Full of kisses
A smile painted
On your face

Laughing
Singing
Happy
Open-hearted

My heart sings
To the sea
The songbird's majesty

Happiness
I love you
Lying here next to me

Outside
The sun had set
Inside
With you
The sun still
Danced
Across the sky

He stands so strong
In the open channels
I explore

Cascading through the door
A lightning bolt
Striking cautiously

He opens books
To remind himself
Humanity
Is not perfection
A slight oversight
Taken to correction

Some days
He sings
As wild fire
Other days
He whispers
And I must strain
To hear
His timid voice

A wind this way does blow
A song this way does sing
A voice this way does speak

Of simpler things, not weak
A tongue upon my cheek
It is clarity I do seek
Of a tomorrow no longer bleak

Of you I do bequeathe
All that knows how to breathe
And life remains a soothing sound
My soul grows strong

An oak's breath- a sweet scent
In a mountain I have lived
No more sorrow
I have found the gold

The search for which I did seek

I dreamt
I gave birth
To joy
And I fed her
As she grew

Into her fullness
Her smile
Opened hearts
Her presence
Inspired a world
That had forgotten
She existed

She taught many
As she aged
Showing them
That beauty
And love
Peace and happiness
Did not need to be searched for
Or bought
But lived in their own hearts

Where they touched
God's grace

The place of ego
I know it well
It's been my friend, a lover
The words that kept me
From moving forward
Kept me from going up when I was down
Created illusions that comforted me
Showed me doors
With superficial treasures

What grace brought me to this authenticity?

What gift showed me the right road, the
correct path to the door of this peace
I now know?
I am not sure

Still the ego's trappings remain a friend to me

The billionaire's song
Vanity's allure
The knock upon the door
That says
Come in
Old friend

I can't speak
of earthly love today

a new love
embraces me
a grander love

beyond expectations

beyond you and me

a simplicity
a single flower
perfected
unspoiled
pure

unaware of human frailties

a love of or from the soul
beyond this illusion
that keeps us wanting