let the dragons run wild!

what is
right now
is maximal love

it shows you
what
you are believing

in neon lights
(rather than hidden in the dark basement,
calling haunting threats into your dreams)

let the dragons out of the bag
let the thoughts run wild
one by one across your paper

they are coming for you! (not to eat you alive, but to liberate you from your prison!)

look
as an artist
at each hair and claw

miss nothing
the curve
the edge
the underbelly
that has never seen light

now
its time
has come
to shine the spotlight
onto the unexposed

that anxious little girl behind the curtain,
behind mama's skirt

didn't want to grow up
and leave dependency

mama so big
and safe,
me so needy
comfy in her arms

now
i need a man
a dog
a cat
a fur stole
comfy pillows
new soft sweater
 home cooked meal
warm chewy chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven

comfort me, world!

i would dangle no more beads
before my face

no more hypnotic trance

let this ache
be the reminder
of the mistake,
the correction

point back in
point back in
turn back inside

to where
the Love is

the dawn of Love
within

no more opposite

the lions now
are soft and mellow,
dozing, relaxed, purring
in the great warm sunshine

they've been tended to
and love the grass they lie upon

what is
right now
is maximal love