Adieu

Time to close this virtual chapter.
Thanks for reading.
Love & light on your journey.
Cleveland Yogini signing off,
c.

rustbelt playground

i never expected

leaning on a snow fence

alongside a highway

staring at that water

to be so comfortable

la-z-boy comfortable

traveling at breakneck speed

my head much too close to the ground

laughing to pee

your rocket booster

i tip off at the last second

careening screaming you take the jump

jumping out of the car

screaming

arms waving to raise majesty

abandoned riverfront

thousands of sea gulls

get the last laugh

temporary campfires riverside in the dark

beauty doesnt always have meaning

tell of the contradictions you see

a dying city

a former powerhouse of magnificence

kenya doesnt understand

(i'll tell you what beauty is

its in the eye of the beholder)

its what happens when he builds me a snowman

hot chocolate in the garden

arms sore from snowball fights

perfect placement

head whips forward

alley cats cheer

i gotta remember to run

zig

zag

snow down the collar retaliation

retreat!

the church will provide refuge

but these stone city churches

are long since locked

saving nobody

yoga in the soft snow

snow pants padded

learning to roll

with it

free handstands

oh sorry, i was looking at that dog

you did the Iditarod proud

mush!

ease back

praise the winter sky

tree silhouettes

with song

1am sitting in (how many chairs?)

adirondack chairs

stacked on top of kitchen tables

watching it softly snow on

christmas story land

urban dreaming

organic produce

composting

mixed with

weekly pesticide application

wasted water

dichotomy

i could care less

if my neighbor is

an 83 year old

venture capitalist

with a tux wearing butler

and a hall of armor

a study in contrasts

give me reclaimed grit anyday

kiss my fingertips

in the wee hours

The Sunrise Ruby

In the early morning hour,
just before dawn, lover and beloved wake
and take a drink of water.

She asks, "Do you love me or yourself more?
Really, tell the absolute truth."

He says, "There's nothing left of me.
I'm like a ruby held up to sunrise.
Is it still a stone, or a world
made of redness? It has no resistance
to sunlight."

This is how Hallaj said, I am God,
and told the truth!

The ruby and the sunrise are one.
Be courageous and discipline yourself.

Completely become hearing and ear,
and wear this sun-ruby as an earring.

Work. Keep digging your well.
Don't think about getting off from work.
Water is there somewhere.

Submit to a daily practice.
Your loyalty to that
is a ring on the door.

Keep knocking, and the joy inside
will eventually open a window
and look out to see who's there.

-Rumi

joy truly is the greatest aphrodisiac,
c.

Give up what no longer works.

"Sometimes snakes can't slough. They can't burst their old skin. Then they go sick and die inside the old skin, and nobody ever sees the new pattern. You need a real desperate recklessness to burst your old skin at last. You simply don't care when happens to you, so long as you get out." -D.H. Lawrence