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OmMani Padme Hum
Let me be..
pride’s knee bent
forever -
before thee
… coursing wildly
within me
forever
at your finger tips
love for you
hovering like
a smile on lips
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Soul Talk
External spurs goad
Thought steeds towards
Internal sanctuary
Few avow soul is pure
Fraud, a slot machine
A disconnect from reality
Everyday, I stitch mouths of grief
With laughter cross stitches
Planting rows of smiling beds
Undertow of sadness
Is strong but my will tough
Enough to overcome it
Eyes anointed with holy water
Sight of ecstatic prayer flags against
Distant peaks, chiming monastic bells
All exude strange bliss within me
Reinforcing walls of inner sconce
Receptacle for my soul’s lit flame
As my feet hit ground every morning
I am thankful for his continued grace
Even as I long to opt out of life’s rat race
Sanctuary
Travelled far
Climbed high
Entered
Meditated
Reached
Inner sanctuary
Returned home
Meditated, entered
Inner sanctuary
Sea of Life
One learns to float upon the waters and respect the sea in order to survive…Katherine Wyatt Trinity
Holding a conch to my ear
I hear its call and rush
To submerge self
Life’s waters to safely
Trudge one must wear
Safety vests
Armed with implicit faith
I plumb its depths
Unafraid
My beloved floats on it
I hear his Pied Piper
Flute’s call
I need not pilgrimage
To far flung places, he resides
In every beating heart
Some have shut doors
To their inner flames
Lost in morass of grief, losses
I bank my inner fires
Steadying my flame
To ride what life tosses
Plumbing the oceans
Is never a cakewalk
I handcrafted own raft
Confident in his love
I dive unafraid
Celebrating bestowed
