on the wings of time
you are
floating as if effortlessly
yet with unknowable strength
i don’t know how
but i’m headed there now
to see you
in the moment
you saved
for me
© r.e.l. 5/18/10
posted for Poetry Potluck 5/8-5/14/11 on Jingle Poetry
let yourself fall
to see
what is
on the other side
of that moment
© r.e.l. 5/8/10
inspired by my yoga practice mimicking my life
Life is a journey. I intend to make it worthwhile.
With regards to this journey it is not important what the venue, physical activity, or endeavor, or even the goal. What we make of our experience is what counts. What matters is the lessons that remain with us after we have completed whatever it is we do and how we integrate this knowledge in our hearts back into the society in which we live. It is a true life meditation to keep lessons we learn inside us and never let the magic die.
“Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you” (Wayne Dyer). I have found this to be true. Like the The Secret, whatever you give your power to (even mentally), you make stronger.
I emulate my life in my yoga practice. I let myself fall to see what is on the other side of that moment. I take all of the positive powerful experiences I feel as a person onto the mat with me and play them out, so to speak, to fruition. I use the power of the energy I generate there to feed my experience, using its fuel to vaporize any false stories or inhibitions I may have about myself.
I reach a point where the past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything is taking place as it should be, and this fills me with trust.
I know I have a question about life and that it will unfold as I breathe. With each step I will be open for new discovery in the next moment. Moving my body will unlock the fruits of the inquiry that I cannot know until it happens.
Why do trust? Because of the mere fact that I exist. I trust everything that is happening to me in my life. I let my body guide the way. This allows my heart to shine and my mind to take a backseat.
© r.e.l. 5/8/10
do you know
that mixed in you
is magic
born out of
that which captured
your soul
and you abandoned
and you will find
your way
when you
truly are you
in this moment
and can
rise above?
© r.e.l. 5/6/10
posted for Poetry Potluck 6/19-6/25/11 Void, Loneliness & Sorrow on Jingle Poetry
when i sleep
on the pillow
where our heads once laid
i know
you feel my hand
on your chest.
surrender to this moment
and feel it
in the time
when it is
your eyes that close
in our dream
come true.
© r.e.l. 4/29/10
photo by King Barbarossa @ deviantart
one moment
can last
speak many words
and futures
build bridges to
knowing
it’s all ok
despite the rest
on the outside edge
of that moment
r.e.l. 7/1/08
inspired by a deep stare
Posted for Poetry Potluck week 18 (1/16-1/22/11) Languages, Signs and Symbols on Jingle Poetry
to disconnect from you
my heart stops a little
as if a part of me given… yet unreceived
and i leave myself behind
to watch with no voice
looking back as if a dream.
then you flap 
your wings
and come to me
no time passed
and you remind me
we are both sharing the same wind
i am resting, maybe sleeping
always feeling
the force that moves between us
and through things
held together
only by air.
© r.e.l. 4/21/10
**this post is for Poetry Potluck Week 15 (reflections, interpretations, and musings) on Jingle Poetry
Winner of The Celebrate Poet of 2010 Award (with Promising Poets and Jingle Poetry)
through the vines
connecting my blood to infinity
i move so that i can water
your roots.
they reach out to me so…
each with its own strength, its own sound
its own breath, its own life
yet moving together as one.
i find you
where you are raw
not dark
but vulnerable
needing to be held
to feel safe
my breath, my attention
to your every need
your every call for touch
to be an open room
for you to pour your soul into.
you ask that of me
and i hear you.
your warmth has the power to soothe
and pierce me
to puncture the balloon
where i keep my secrets
can you feel it now?
as a bit seeps out
released in the air, to the open
to find its way
no longer trapped, no longer secret.
a veil between you and me
its thin yet it covers
that which we need to protect
until time opens its wings for our flight.
© r.e.l. 4/7/10
inspired by an embodied meditation at CIIS
Featured on Touched By Fire on redbubble
keep listening
with your heart
your pure heart
the one that knew
from the start
that he was the one
the love of your life
i did not know how
to tell him then
he did not either
but he did
he entered your heart
you entered his
timelessly
then
and it will never stop
you have never been closer
than you are now
today when you cried
he felt your tears
© r.e.l. 9/16/09
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