Water cascading in ribbons down mountains
Traveling through gorges, forests, and meadows
Gliding over rocks and boulders immense
Softening rough edges, each one to her will
Shifting into nourishment, soil, and roots
Exhaling as oxygen through pine needle tips
Letting go into sky into freedom into space
Transforming my heart into Divine living faith
When he told me he fell in love with my eyes,
I remembered
I was ten
And
Before I knew he chose his death
My grandmother,
Who never spoke of him, said:
“You have his almond-shaped eyes.”
And
More than twenty years later,
At the end of her life she asked,
“Why did my true love leave me?”
I looked at her with his eyes
And
Said the only thing I could think to say:
“He was suffering.”
In the womb of winter
Deep and dark
I give of myself so completely
Shedding and stripping
The scales of defenses I’ve devised through my lifetime
Surrendering
Who I am in this armor
Until all that is left of me
Is a grain
Of sand of light of truth
From which to expand and create
A new life
In verdant hills I released myself
Of the bondage we built
And I maintained
Long after
You had set me free.
In the space I created
Spirit formed mist
And settled into valleys
Holding inspiration
And preludes of wings.
During the longest nights
As darkness invites us to rest
Cold and damp carry us within
To find warmth in the hearth of our hearts
May all people
Holding their spirituality
From crystals to crucifixes
Call upon the Spirit
Not for their materialism
But for ceasefire
In the homeland of Abraham
Mercy for the least of these
Through humanity’s darkest night
Never underestimate yourself
For even the smallest seed
Can break through rock
With a fragile root
And grow a tree
In the expanse of gentle
Releasing
All that we were
All that we had
And all we created
Together
I am an arc in the heavens
A dancing, vivid refraction
And reflection
Between
The rain of my heart
And
My beaming soul
May a river of love
Cascade through your being
May your soul grow
In the lush landscape of peace
Your words are a tuning fork
Sounding the vibration
That harmonizes my heart
Hey Friends! If you enjoy my art and writing, now is the perfect time to send me some love. I am running a fundraiser through my Etsy shop for my interactive art installation, Varanasi Sage, which I’m showing in Center Camp at Burning Man this year. It’s a dream come true, but it requires updates and repairs because I’m showing it in a completely new way.
The gift for a donation is a brand new collection of my poetry and a 3 inch sticker. I love this new collection, which contains some of my favorites from the past few years mixed with prose to create a narrative arc. This is my first collection of poetry, and I’m excited to share it with you as a gift for donating to my art fundraiser! I am only offering these items during the fundraiser and that only goes until August 24.
Your support means the world to me, and it truly makes a difference.
Everything in my shop will go towards this project, and you can also help by sharing this with your friends. I hope you will join me in this journey! The links to the Varanasi Sage fundraiser and my shop homepage are below. Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day. 
Varanasi Sage Fundraiser Gift!
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