receptive

are you receiving the baby you've been given
right now?

completely receiving
every downy hair

not pushing it away
not comparing
not analyzing
not evaluating
not resenting
not warring

just receiving
exactly as she is

the thought
the feeling
the emotion
the sensation in your chest or stomach or throat
right now

do you see it's all ok as is?

allowed full bloom,
full expression

just try to restrain,
contain
a thunderstorm!
for goodness sake!

no wonder there is war!
nervous breakdowns,
depression
addiction
heart attacks

are you listening
to this baby you are raising?

the baby in man's clothes

she has waited so long
for your love,
to come out of hiding,
to be told she never did anything wrong in the first place

cruelty: to tell a three month old she should be six months old--
that the innocent perfection she is,
is off, flawed, abnormal, behind, or ahead

that her hand should not be in the cookie jar--
when, of course, it should!
why else would cookies be there?
in a world where there is no tomorrow
nor yesterday?

if you find gold on the sidewalk,
don't you pick it up?
isn't that $5 bill in the parking lot
for you?
isn't that what wet paint is for?
to stick your fingers in

crayons are for melting on lightbulbs,
screws for putting in your nose...:-)
rubber bands are for shooting
and only a rubber banded mind
would strangle off reality
for a lie.

a loving mother does not expect her baby to be
ahead of her time

deadlines are for the dead

a watched pot never boils
because you are looking
 in the wrong direction

inside, Love,
look inside--
no time
no comparison
no other

take off the armor,

tenderness is all I've ever really wanted

are you receiving completely
the baby you have been given
right  now?