Journey of My Soul Sept. 22, 2010 I stood upon a precipice of doubt When sudden stars above came winking out, My loved one having given her last breath To the grey stranger known to us as death. He came as silently as fog across a lake The one for whom I lived he now would take. Rain upon the windows, fierce the winds That day, recalling all my list of sins, The years of work, relentless in my pain I labored, but I labored most in vain. Looking back I should have given more Of self, of soul to one I did adore, Yet inner growth is slow and slow to yield The ego-self in its self-chosen field. Could I have loved

When All Foundations Fall There is no hatred living in my heart, To forgive would be a rank stupidity, For all the flaws of man are but my own, Built slowly century by century. I house the guilt of all the conscious world And am replete with all its joys as well The solution to the question dwells in me, I am the maker of my heaven and hell. The secret of the species soon to be Breaking evolution’s heavy chains, The great transition from the animal man By surrender so deep that nothing dark remains, Nothing of the DNA of death. We are blessed to be alive in this new age When all foundations fall and body learns The secret of the po

Childhood Memories Fronting the fierce and sweltering heat, And clouds of insects seeking blood I made my way on blistering feet And stepped into a faery wood. A wonderland of hemlock trees From rotted stumps that felt like peat Grew upright in a cooling breeze; The spongy earth my cushioned seat, I the intruder welcomed here Felt my wild heart’s beating cease, A raindrop falling like a tear Brought silence as it brought me peace. Childhood memories grow dear And every hour passing sweet.

A Godlike Race December 5, 2010   I can no longer say life will survive Here or somewhere far beyond the seas, Is man an island now, a desert soul Stranded between the worlds of love and hate Who cannot shore the shackles of the past. I have seen the Way, though dimly lighted now As this world spins unconsciously towards death, And warring man triumphs in his greed. No longer can I say all will be well Though certainly a counterforce at work Prevents the holocaust our darkness wills. And so I live to learn and lose not hope Yet see destruction rampaging and sense That in the balance hangs this lovely earth So charged with beauty and a stamp d

On the Borders of Infinity Now in my seventy second year I look upon the world of men, Absent malice, absent fear And know that I shall come again To work eternal problems out. Yet time is given still to grow And al the inner demons rout, Time for wonder, time to know The secret of our birth in time, The knot of inconscience to untie Aware of the momentous climb And why life suffers and must die, Groping blindly towards a light We know is there but cannot see, Recalling visions of delight On the borders of infinity.

Teach Me Wonder What heights this limited mind can reach Failing the stars, the sky, the trees, All remains for you to teach, The great transcendent mysteries, To leave the body and explore Worlds beyond our mortal sight, Realms of life beyond the door That calls us to the house of light. Teach me wonder and how to praise The insignificant and mean, To live the fullness of my days, Where now I go from where I’ve been.

Invoking the Light Sept. 24, 2010 And when I fell as oft I fell from grace, Consciously preferred the darkened place That shelters in between the heart and soul Turning away from the ever-brightening goal. It was as if some being tempted me From loneliness to feel my spirit free, But his way is treacherous and hollow ground Swallows up one's life and all around Voices speak of dying and of death. With pain-filled lungs I gasped for one more breath To call the saviour Name in my distress And feel again Her hand and love's caress – But the undertow of our past lives remains, The ill intent, the mark of evil's stains Or simply our refusal

Breath By Breath   The young are sure they will not die And if they die, what of it then, They were not meant to slowly age Amid the aging bones of men. The beautiful cannot grow old And lose the loveliness of eyes The blush of rose upon a cheek An elegance that time defies, Fading blossoms year by year, Dying softly week by week; The quiet ones are most aware Of mortal life’s fragility, With calm acceptance see the days Merge into eternity. The learned ones know death the best As the door that lets life through To gather in a natal rest And then the joyous quest renew. The saints and sages know not death Who take God in breath b

Love Shall Enshrine Sept. 29. 2010   I will not take the drink tonight that dulls Or swallow tablets easing me to sleep But listen to the rain that softly lulls This weary heart to rest; I shall not weep For beauty lost, her ashes in foreign seas Far from this sleepy town where I alone Recall her smile, her gentle will to please. She is taken by the Shade and I atone For all my moments of forgetfulness Plodding my way to a destiny unknown, Returning again to feel her sweet caress. Will the soul that slowly grows within this breast Recognize her when it too must leave And tenderly is taken to its rest? If so I shall rejoice, no mor

The Habitat Divine November 17 2010 I laughed and through my laughter I grew young And heard again the strange and haunting call. It seemed a flute from far-off India Or choir from the snow-clad Russian steppes, A cricket song slowed down to human years Or a thousand sacred voices chanting OM. I heard the future music drifting down Through bodies numberless aspiring, Transforming and uniting by its force Of love the unhealed grievances of life. I sang as one enchanted and I knew That beauty would survive the Kaliyug, Enlightened souls bring down the heavens here All earth become the habitat divine.