Preservation Revelation

 

More meanderings from the minuscule mind of creative madness...

It occurs to me,

most suddenly,

when faced with life’s unraveling-

the end to which I am traveling,

how very much we brutalize our living

by the need of acquisition.

Things, like strings

and dragonfly wings

to

polished, promised

golden rings. 

Photos snapped to catch a smile-

a tear! 

freezing a moment because we fear

it may never happen again. 

Letters and cards

etched with promises of love

stacked in a box

without locks

or keys.

Perhaps that is why they often slip away.

Mirrors that encourage, confirm and judge

while our intuition hides in waiting,

trembling with her truth

as the ego-satiating

mind lies.

Gold tarnishes

as the skin

begins to fold

and images fade,

the paper old 

and worn.

Letters torn

in anger, sorrow

as tomorrow

taunts with 

empty vows,

the nows

fade into later

and later...

How grand to be

possession free

and sitting still

with free will

to breathe.

In. Out. 

In. Out.

To see with eyes of love,

connect with all that exists,

to move and not resist

the river’s flow.

Take nothing,

keep nothing,

be nothing.

I can feel the heartbeat of Existence

when I am silent.

It cares not that I am transient

in this dream

and knows that life is more than it would seem.

How grand to rise from deep within

her heart

and reaching for the light I 

break the earth apart-

Breathe...

In. Out.

In. Out.

To laugh when the wind tickles my face,

and bask in the glow of sunlight.

Breathe...

In. Out.

In. Out.

To weep with the rain,

know joy without pain,

seeing every thing as it is-

each a piece of the magnificent image

in the thought of Creation.

The end, then, 

not an end.

I do not know if I am old or faded,

my tender soul not weary or jaded.

Acceptance takes me into the abyss

to the arms of peaceful loving bliss.

Am I faded? 

Wounded?

Young, old?

I have not been told!

I am loved, 

Eternal,

lingering....

I have lived

and will go on! 

Cheryl KP 

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