Sky Walk

Do you ever lose yourself in cloud thoughts?
Surrender to unfettered imaginings
of floating cities and giant causeways,
morphing into what?
Vastness of the Now
They transport us into timelessness
Do you ever feel it so?

Wishes

'Fulfilled life is possible despite
unfulfilled wishes'
What is a wish?
Not so easy to pin down
Ambition, intention, aspiration or prayer?
Perhaps a lesson

Endnote: quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Meditator

He sits serenely in full lotus posture
His enormous eyes closed
His muscular legs and great feet,
folded under like a swan's wings
Hands palms up
Delicate fingers pressed thumb to forefinger in
guyan mudra
Convey receptivity and calmness
In timeless fulfillment he dwells on
my bureau
My meditating frog
Gift from a kindred spirit
who reads my soul

Equipoise

A body out of balance

A mind out of focus

A spirit bereft of resolution

Is equilibrium the key?

The tripod sits on ever shifting sands

There's the conundrum

Progressive disease defies equilibrium

Counterbalance becomes futile

Equipoise versus equilibrium

A subtle difference there -

Equal poise

Two pregnant words

To cherish a beleaguered body

To repose an unquiet mind

To acknowledge each of many losses

To honor them

To greet them as skillful teachers

Many poises abide in wholeness

Glissando

On a dark winter's afternoon

A marmalade vision wafts

across my room

Like a bright butterfly that floats

upon summer's eolian veil

My feline guru's splendid tail

performs glissandos in recycled air

Gliding from one pitch to another

His myriad moods unfold

Insouciance, displeasure, pure bliss

Gestures as expressive as any silent movie

Body language more eloquent than words

Endnote: It' wonderful to post again. I've been dealing with a very nasty case of the shingles since before Christmas. Hence the hiatus.