Posts from — February 2009

earth in retreat

from the appetite

we have

thinking we can save the planet

consumes the resources of the soul

that links us all

when we loudly proclaim that we have a green new world

the earth will switch off

for a few hundred millienia

while

humanity and all else

is eroded

the Earth has its own path

and we blindly assume that we know it

you can only know the path of the earth

if you are in communication

with the elemental intelligences

that inform it’s sense of growth 

softly falls the passage of time

upon those who have tasted glory for but a moment

softly time erodes the vision

of what they were

forming them

into

amorphous

sets of dreams

time is the enemy of those who wish to live forever

it is both the

mother of gravity

and identity

in the world of

brief encounters

with

the face of

meaning 

there is no panic

when you observe

the situation

and ask

what your inner self would do

not the personality of the every day world

and the every day mind

In ancient times

the footsteps fell more loudly

than they do today

in ancient times one word was enough to turn the earth

now many words are draining the turning away

in ancient times

one breath was enough for breath to be

one heart beat lasted longer than a day

moonlight was the fabric of technology

in ancient times

everything was communicated

via the sea

every drop of water

held the messages sent

and received

in ancient times

the brevity of all Life

was understood

now forgotten in its truth

but known as a fearful thing

in ancient times

everyone knew how to sing

quietly, very quietly

seeking

and planning

a wolverine

is caught

not by stealth

or guile

but by waiting

a while for the words

to come tumbling from its mouth

becoming mindful

is not the same

as being

observant

mindfulness

is a natural place the dwells within

and without

becoming mindul is the journey to that place

Breath,

Breathe

Breath,

Breathe

silent introspection

contemplation

eloquent communication

with the emerging selves

of the world

breath

breath

the power to believe

the courage to breathe

take a deep breath

plunge in

dive into the world

breathe,

breath

breath,

breath

Who heard the Clarion?

its brazen wrench across the line of human experience

stripped bare the essence of the hour

who saw it?

people  missed the poignacy

and got an evangelist

with a list of multiple choice questions and answers

the Clarion was answered though

in a small wooden house by a lake in the far North

born the day the President was sworn in

watch out

beware

the infant